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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS 



FOIi THE 



CHTJKCH YEAR 

BY 

T. IT. DUDLEY, Jr., M. A. 

Rector of Christ Church, Baltimore, Md. 




BALTIMORE : 
TUKNBULL BROTHERS. 

1873. 



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T. TJ. DUDLEY, Jk., M. A. 

Meeior of Christ Church* Baltimore, Md, 




BALTIMORE: 

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1873. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1878, 

By TURtfBULL BROTHERS, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



TO THE 

CHILDREN OF CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL, 

Uiz fitfc |ook, 

PREPARED FOR THEIR INSTRUCTION, 

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AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THEIR PAJSTOB. 



PREFACE. 



This little publication is the result of an effort to 
provide instruction for my own Sunday School. 

I desired to give the children of the Sunday School 
the same teaching which the Church in her services 
gives to the larger children under her guidance. This, 
I believe, has in general been done, save that some 
truths presented by the Church on Holy Days have of 
necessity been appropriated to the Sundays preceding 
or following the Festivals. 

The Lessons are divided into two Sections. The 
First Section is designed for the small children not 
yet able to find the answers from the Bible refer- 
ences, and has the answers printed with the questions, 
or the questions given in such form that the teacher 
will readily provide the answers. Older children are 
expected to learn both Sections, 
(v) 



VI PREFACE. 

And finally, these Lessons are intended to be sug- 
gestive rather than exhaustive, and to guide the study 
of the teacher rather than to render study unnecessary. 

The Lessons are published in this form at the request 
of many who have already used them, and with the hope 
and prayer that they may be helpful to those engaged in 
the blessed work of training the children of the Church 
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

T. U. D., Jr. 
Baltimore, September, 1873. 




TABLE OF LESSONS. 



The First Sunday in Advent. 
Second Coming of our Lord 



The First and 



II. The Second Sunday in Advent. The Holy 
Scriptures as a Means of Preparation for Christ's 
Coming 

III. The Third Sunday in Advent. The Ministry 

as a Means of Preparation for Christ's Coming 

IV. The Fourth Sunday in Advent. God's Pres- 

ence as a Means of Preparation for Christ's 
Coming . 

V. The First Sunday after Christmas. The Na- 
tivity of Jesus. — The Christian's Adoption 

VI. The Second Sunday after Christmas. The 
Circumcision, and the Presentation in the Temple 

VII. The First Sunday after the Epiphany. The 
Worship of the Wise Men from the East , 

VIII. The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. The 
Childhood of Jesus and its Manifestation of God 

IX. The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. The 
Manifestation of God at the Marriage Feast 

X. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. The 
Manifestation of God in the Miracle of Healing 
(vii) 



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Vlll TABLE OF LESSONS. 

PAGE. 

XI. The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. 
The Manifestation of God in the Stilling of 
the Tempest 29 

XII. The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. 

The Epiphany of the Last Day . . 31 

XIII. Septuagesima Sunday. The Temptation 

in the Wilderness 33 

XIV. Sexagesima Sunday. The Transfiguration 36 

XV. Quinquagesima Sunday. The Raising of 

Lazarus -...•.. 39 

XVI. The First Sunday in Lent. The Entry 

into Jerusalem . . - . . . .42 

XVII. The Second Sunday in Lent. The Last 

Supper 45 

XVIII. The Third Sunday in Lent. The Agony 

in the Garden ...... 48 

XIX. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. The Judg- 
ment Hall 51 

XX. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. The Cross . 54 

XXI. The Sunday next before Easter. The 

Grave ....... 58 

XXIII. The First Sunday after Easter. Christ's 
Appearance on the Way to Emmaus . 65 

XXIV. The Second Sunday after Easter. The 
Appearance to the Eleven at Jerusalem . 68 

XXV. The Third Sunday after Easter. The 
Appearance to the Seven at the Sea of 
Tiberias . . . • ' \' * ^ 2 

XXVI. The Fourth Sunday after Easter." The 

Appearance on the Mountain in Galilee H 



XXII. Easter Day. The Resurrection . . 61 



TABLE OF LESSONS. IX 

PAGE. 

XXVII. The Fifth Sunday after Easter. The 

Last Appearance of Jesus to His Disciples 77 

XXVIII. The Sunday after Ascension Day. The 

Ascension . . . . . .80 

XXIX. Whitsunday. The Outpouring of the Holy 

Ghost .82 

XXX. Trinity Sunday. The Doctrine of the 

Holy Trinity 85 

XXXI. The First Sunday after Trinity. Keep- 
ing God's Commandments, the only Proof 
of Real Piety . . 88 

XXXII. The Second Sunday after Trinity. The 

Neglect of God's Calls . . . .91 

XXXIII. The Third Sunday after Trinity. Prayer 

prompted by God's Spirit; therefore God 
will hear it . . . , . . 94 

XXXIV. The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. The 

Things Temporal and the Things Eternal 96 

XXXV. The Fifth Sunday after Trinity. God 
orders all Things ; therefore the Believer 
should Serve Him with Godly Quietness . 99 

XXXVI. The Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Only 
Real Love of God gives a Title to Heaven's 
Good Things 101 

XXXVII. The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 
Christ by Feeding Men's Bodies, proves 
that He can and will Feed their Souls . 104 

XXXVIII. The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Our 
Holy Living the Proof that we are God's 
Sons 106 

XXXIX. The Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Chil- 
dren of this World Wiser than Children of 
the Light . . . . . . .109 



XL. 

XLI. 
XLII. 

XLIII. 

XLIV. 

XLV. 

XLVI. 

XLVII. 

XLVIII. 

XLIX. 

L. 

LI. 

III. 

LIIL 



TABLE OF LESSONS. 

PAGE. 

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. The 
Proper Use of God's House . . .Ill 

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. 
True and False Acts of Worship 

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. 
Christ Hears and Answers our Prayers 
for Others . . . 



The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Peculiar Privilege of Christ's Dis 
ciples .... . . 

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 
Faithful Obedience the Means of Obtaining 
Christ's Help .... 

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 
God Demands the Whole Heart, and will 
not Accept a Divided One 

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 
Jesus the Conqueror of Death 

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 
Advancement the Reward of Humility 

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, 
Christ's Argument to Prove His Divinity 

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 
Sin Forsaken the Proof of Sin Forgiven 

The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, 
The Wedding Garment 

The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, 
The Christian's Armour 

The Twenty-second Sunday after Trin 
ity. The Christian Law of Forgiveness 

The Twenty-third Sunday after Trin 
ity. Service of Christ does not Interfere 
with Service of Earthly Rulers 



TABLE OF LESSONS. XI 

PAGE. 

LIV. The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trin- 
ity. All Things Possible to Faith . .148 

LV. The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trin- 
ity. The Faith which should Result from 
the Year's Teaching . . . . .151 



QUESTIONS. 



LESSOR I. 

The First and Second Coming of Our I/ORB, 

S. Luke, i. 31, 32, 33. 
S. Matthew xxv. 31, 32. 



What is this Sunday called ? 

Of whose coming does it tell us ? 

To whom was His coming announced ? 

Who announced it ? 

What is an Angel ? 

What is this Angel's name ? 

In what form did he say Christ would come ? 

What should He be called ? 

What does His name mean ? 

Ans, Saviour. 

Where is Jesus now ? 

Who foretold that He will come again ? 

To whom was it told ? 



& THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

Who foretells it to us ? 
How will He come then ? 
Who will come with Him ? 
For what will He come ? 

II. 

What are the advantages of the Church's year ? 

With what season does the Church begin her 
year? 

What two days are fixed from which all the Eccle- 
siastical year is reckoned ? 

Why is it proper for the year to begin now ? 

When is the first Sunday in Advent? 

What does this Season bring before us ? 

How was His first coming announced ? 

From what place did the Messenger come? S. 
Luke i, 19, 26. 

What is an Angel ? 

To whom was the first coming announced ? Com- 
pare S. Mat. i, 20. 

Why to these two persons ? 

Why should He be called Jesus ? S. Mat. i, 21. 

Whence did He come to be born as a child ? S. 
John viii, 42. 

What was His condition at His first coming? S. 
Luke ix, 58. — Collect. 

What meaning then, has the language of the angel 
in S. Luke, i, 32, 33? 

Is the prophecy yet fulfilled ? 

Is it beginning to be accomplished ? 

Who is the Highest? Ps. xviii, 13. 



THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. o 

Who was David ? 

How is Jesus, Son of David and Son of the 
Highest ? 

When shall this prophecy be fulfilled ? S. Mat. 
xxv. 31. 

May we tell when this will be ? S. Mat. xxiv. 36. 

What will be the character of His second coming ? 
S. Mat. xxv. 31. — Collect. 

For what shall He come ? 

To judge whom? 

W T hat should Christians feel at the remembrance 
of His first coming? S. Luke ii, 10, 11. 

What should Christians feel at remembrance of 
His second coming? S. Luke xxi, 28. 

What must we do in view of His coming* S. 
Luke xii, 36. S. Mat. xxiv, 44. 



Repeat ike Coiled for the Day. 

Solemn is the voice of Advent 
11 Christ is nigh," it seems to say, 
Listen for the night is waning, 
Dawning the Eternal day. 

Little children, Christ is coming, 
Morn is breaking in the sky; 
vShades of night are disappearing, 
For the Bridegroom draweth nigh. 

Little children, haste to meet Him, 
Holy children of the light, 
With your lamps all brightly burning, 
In your garments pure and white. 

Little children, fall before Him 
Lo, He comes your Lord and King 
Love Him, serve Him, and adore Him. 
Evermore Hosannas sing. 



LESSON II. 
©he ^ttwrnX ^MXdMj in &&Mnt. 

The Holy Scriptures as a .means of preparation for CHRIST'S 
coming. 

S. Luke, xxiv, 25-27. 
S. John, xx, 30, 31. 

I. 

For whom were the Jews looking at the time of 
our Lord's coming ? 

Ans x Christ. 

What does Christ mean ? 

Ans. Messiah, or the anointed one. 

What was anointing ? 

Ans. The Jews had a custom of pouring oil upon 
the head of any man when he was made Prophet or 
King or Priest. And they expected God to send 
them a Prophet to lead them, a King to rule over 
them, and a Priest to pray for them. 

What made the Jews look for Messiah at this 
time ? 

Ans. Because God had promised in the Bible., or 
Holy Scriptures that he would send Him. 

What was the Jews' Scripture ? 

Ans. What we call the Old Testament. 

Who gave the Scriptures to the Jews ? 

Ans. The Holy Ghost. 

What sort of a Messiah did they expect ? 

Ans. A great King who would make them free 
and would make those nations who had ruled over 
them, and whom thry hated, to be their rlaves. 
(J) 



THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

Did Christ do all this ? 

What made them think he was not the Messiah ? 

Ans. Because he died on the cross like a com- 
mon thief. 

Where was Christ to be born ? 

If their Scriptures told them all about Christ 
beforehand, why did not they receive Him when He 
came ? 

Ans. Because they did not want to be God's 
holy children, they only wanted to be rich and great. 

Did the Scriptures tell beforehand that they would 
refuse to have Him for their Messiah ? 

If he is Christ, how ought we to take what He 
says ? 

Arts. As God's truth. 

What did He teach ? 

Ans. That He came to save His people from their 
sins. 

Did Christ ever promise to come again ? 

How are we to use the Scriptures God has given 
us? 

Ans. To learn them that we may be Christ's chil- 
dren, and look forward gladly to the time when He 
will come again. 

How do we know this ? 

Ans. By the Scriptures He has given u?. 

II. 

For what were the Jews looking at the time of our 
Lord's coming? S. Luke iii, 15. 
What books were their Scriptures 



6 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

How did they divide their Scriptures ? S. Luke 
xxiv, j. 4. 

Who gave them the Scriptures ? II. Tim. iii, 16. 

What did they expect the Messiah to do for them ? 
S. Luke xxiv, 21. 

What event disappointed the hope of the Jews 
that Jesus might be the Messiah ? S. John xii, 34. 

How did their Scriptures first describe Him who 
should come? Gen. iii, 15. 

How was this prophecy fulfilled ? 

Why did they expect the Messiah at this particu- 
lar time? Gen. xlix, 10. St. Luke ii, 1. 

In what town was He to be born ? Mic. v, 2. S. 
Matt, ii, 2, 8. 

Why should they have expected the Messiah to 
suffer ? Is. liii. 

Why should they have expected Him to die ? Ps. 
xxii, 14-18. 

Why should they have expected His resurrection ? 
Ps. xvi, 10. 

Having these promises of Scripture, why did they 
reject Him? Acts xiii, 27. 

Was His rejection by His people foretold in their 
Scriptures? Ps. cxviii, 22. Is. liii, 3. 

What are the Holy Scriptures for us ? 

For what purpose were they written ? Rom. xv, 
4. S. John xx, 30, 31. 

If Jesus be the Christ, how must we regard His 
teaching? Heb. i, 1, 2. 

What is the sum of His teaching? I. John v, ii, 
12. Acts x, 42, 43. 

In what is His teaching contained? II. Tim. iii, 
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THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 4 

What shall decide whether any doctrine be a part 
of the Christian faith? L John iv, i. Acts xvii, 
ii. 

In what way are we to use all the Scriptures ? 

Ans. See Collect. 

For what end are we to use them ? Rom. xv, 4. 
Collect 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

O Word of God Incarnate, 

O Wisdom from on high, 

O Truth, unchanged, unchanging, 

O Light of our dark sky ! 

We praise Thee for the radiance ? 

That from the hallowed page 

A lantern to our footsteps 

Shines on from age to age. 

It floateth like a banner 

Before God's host unfurled; 

It shineth like a beacon 

Above the darkling world ; 

It is the chart and compass 

That o'er life's surging sea, 

'Mid mists, and rocks and quicksands, 

Still guide, O Christ, to Thee. 



LESSOR III. 

ihe Ministry as a means of preparation for CHRIST'S corning. 

S. Mark, i, 4, 1. 

S. Matthew, xxviii, 19, 20. 



Who were John's father and mother? 
What was his father's office ? 



b THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

What relation was John to Jesus ? 

Is there any other John mentioned in the New 
Testament ? 

What were John's dress and food ? 

Where did he preach ? 
t What else, did he, beside preach ? 
| What work did he come to do ? 

When was his work done ? 

Ans. When Jesus was baptized, 

How did John die ? 

For what are Christian ministers sent now? 

Who sends them ? 

Who promises to be with them ? 

How long does He promise to be with them ? 

Why not after the end of the world ? 

How can we help ministers in doing their work ? 

How must we look upon faithful ministers ? 

Ans. As the messengers of God, who are to make 
us ready for His coming. 

II. 

Who was John ? S. Luke i, 57, 59, 60. 

To what tribe did he belong ? S. Luke i, 5. 

What is meant by saying that Zacharias was a 
Priest of the course of Abia? I. Chron. xxiv, 
1—20. 

Why was he called John ? S. Luke i, 13. 

What does the name mean ? 

Ans. The gift of God. 

What was the object of John's coming? S. Mark 
i» 2. 



THE THIRD SUNDAY IN" ADVENT, 9 

Where is this prophecy written ? Malachi iii, i. 

What did the Angel declare should be his work? 
S Luke i, i6, 17. 

Who was Elias ? I. Kings xvii, 1. Malachi iv, 5, 6. 

What is meant by "power and spirit of Elias " ? 

Did John work miracles? S. John x, 41. 

Was John a Prophet ? S. Luke vii, 28. 

How was John's likeness, in spirit, to Elias ex- 
hibited to men? S. Luke i, 80. S. Mark i, 6, 

Who is declared to have sent John for His work ? 
S. John I, 6, 

What is that work said to be ? S. John i, 7. 

By what two agencies did John perform his work? 
S. Mark i, 4. 

What was the substance of his earlier preaching ? 
S. Matthew lii, 2. S. Mark i, 7. 

What of his latci preaching? S. John- i, 29. 

What was JohnV .chief joy ? S. John iii, 29, 30, 

What two agencies does Jesus employ to make 
men ready for His second coming? S. John" xx, 
30, 31. S. Matthew ^xviii, 19, 20. 

Who sent the first preachers of the "second 
coming"? S. Matthkw xxviii, 18. 

What meaning have His words in last clause of 
S. Matthew xxviii, 20 ? 

How is He present in the world now ? S. John 
xiv, 1 6, 17, 18. 

How can He say to th^ twelve Apostles, " Lo, I 
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world " ? 

Why must we believe that Jesus gave command- 
ment about the continuance of His ministry ? Acts 
i, 21, 22. 
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10 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

What did the Apostles always do in every city 
where they preached the gospel ? Acts xiv, 23. 

But must not ministers be ordained by God as 
well as by men? Hebrews v, 4. 

What are ministers called in the New Testament ? 
Acts xiv, 23. Ephesians iv, 11. II. Cor. v, 20. 

What meaning has the word Prophet in Ephesians 
iv, 11? 

What meaning has the word Priest in the Prayer- 
Book, when applied to Christian ministers ? 

Ans. Elder or Presbyter, which was contracted 
into Priest. 

What is the chief means by which ministers are to 
make men ready for the Lord's coming ? I. Cor. i, 
21. Acts xx, 21. II. Tim. iv, 2, 5. 

What must be the chief joy of the faithful minis- 
ter ? I. Thes. ii, 19. iii, 8. 

How should men regard Christ's ministers? I. 
Thes. v, 12, 13. Hebrews xiii, 17. 

What does Christ say of those who will not hear 
their instructions ? S. Luke x, 16. 

How may we all help them in their work? II. 
Thes. iii, 1, 2. 



Repeat the Colled for the Day. 

Jesus blesses by His Pastors, 
Teaches, comforts, strengthens, guides, 
Therefore thank Him, little children, 
Who for you such help provides. 

And for those who thus watch o'er you 
Christian children, meekly pray 
That they may obtain from Jesus 
Crowns unfading in u that Day." 






LESSON IV. 
©to &<mxtlx Jfondmj in QAvtvA. 

GOD'S Presence as a means of preparation for the coming of 
CHRIST. 

ACTS, vii, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56. 



Who spake these words ? 

To what people was he talking ? 

Ans. The council of the Jews. 

Whom did He say they had betrayed and mur- 
dered ? 

When they did this, Whom had they resisted ? 

What do you mean by resisting the Holy Ghost ? 

In this resisting, to whom were they like ? 

How long then, had God been present with His 
people to make them ready for the coming of Jesus ? 

What means have we learned that He used to do 
this ? 

Who gave them the Holy Scriptures and the living 
preachers ? 

Who worked in them by means of the Scriptures, 
and the prophets or preachers ? 

Who is present now in the world to make us ready 
for the second coming ? 

What means does He use to work by ? 

When we refuse to hear the Scriptures and the 
ministers, Whom are we resisting ? 

Who made S. Stephen ready to depart ? 



12 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

What did S. Stephen say ? 

For what then must we continually pray, so that 
we may be ready to go when He calls us ? 

II. 

I 

f Where is the first mention of God's presence 

among men, after the fall ? Gen. iv, 6. 

For what object does He talk with the man ? 

What is implied by the threat in Gen. vi, 3, that 
the Spirit of God should be taken away ? 

What is the testimony of the Bible as to the 
presence of God with His people throughout their 
history? Nehemiah ix, 20. Ps. li, 11. 

For what purpose does the writer say the Spirit 
of God was given? Nehemiah ix, 20. 

What means does the writer say were used by God 
to instruct them? Neh. ix, 30. 

For what did He thus labor to make them ready ? 
Mal. iii, 1. S. John v, 39, 46, 47. Acts x, 43. 

Why do we know that the Spirit was leading and 
instructing the Jewish people at the time of Jesus' 
advent? S. Luke ii, 26, 27. iii, 15. 

How do we know that they were guilty of resist- 
ing the Spirit of God, in rejecting the Lord Jesus ? 
Acts vii, 51. 

What means has Jesus appointed to prepare men 
for His second coming? 

Who works by those means for this end ? S. John 
xvi, 7. 

What is the difference in the teaching of the Old 
and New Testaments, about the gift of the Spirit ? 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 13 

Ans. In the New, the Holy Ghost is clearly re- 
vealed as a Person. 

What name does our Lord give Him? S. John 
xvi, 7. 

What office, does He say, He shall perform ? S. 
John xvi, 8. 

Of what value are the Scriptures and the Ministry 
without the Holy Spirit ? I. Cor. xii, 3. 

But does not the influence of the Holy Ghost al- 
ways accompany their use ? Acts x, 44. I. Thes. 
i> 5- S. John xv, 26. 

May we believe that the Spirit of God is given in 
Christ's sacrament? Acts ii, 38. 

Why must this be true ? S. Luke xi, 13. 

What alone can make us ready to meet the Lord 
at His coming? I. John ii, 28, compare I. John 
iii, 24. 

For what, then, above all things, must we pray ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

Hark ! the glad sov.nd ! The Saviour comes, 
The Saviour promised long : 
Let every heart prepare a throne 
And every voice a song. 

Our glad Hosannas, Prince of Peace, 
Thy welcome shall proclaim, 
And Heaven's eternal arches ring 
With Thy beloved Name. 



LESSON V. 

The Nativity of JESUS.— The Christian's Adoption. 
S. Luke ii, 15, 16. S. John i, 12. 



What was it that had come to pass ? 
Who had made it known unto them ? 
How had He made it known ? 
To what place did the Shepherds go ? 
What did the Shepherds see ? 
In what was the Babe lying ? 
Who were with Him ? 
What relation was Joseph to Jesus ? 
What relation was Mary to Jesus ? 
Was this Babe a real human child ? 
What else beside man was He ? 
Ans. Christ the Lord. 

What had the Angels sung because He was born ? 
How was His birth, the coming of peace and good 
will to earth ? 

Ans. Because in Him, God and man are united 

II. 

To whom was the birth of Jesus first announced? 
S. Luke ii, 8. 

Is there, then, respect _pf_persons with God ? 

What effect did the Angel's message have on the 
Shepherds? S. Luke ii, 15- 16. 
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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 15 

Why did they go to Bethlehem? S. Luke ii, n. 

Why must Christ be born there ? Micah v, 2. 

Did Mary, His mother, live there ? S. Luke i. 
26. 

Why was she at Bethlehem at this time ? S. Luke 
ii, 1-4. 

What is a decree ? 

Who was Caesar Augustus ? 

What prophecy was fulfilled by this decree ? Gen. 
xlix, 10. 

Where did the Shepherds find the child ? 

How were they to know Him, when found ? S. 
Luke ii, 12. 

Why was He hid in a manger? S. Luke ii, 7. 

What does this fact teach of the character of His 
coming ? 

How is the birth of Christ the coming of peace 
from heaven to earth? II. Cor. v, 19. 

How may we, too, be born as children of God ? 
S. John i, 12. 

When were we made God's children by adoption ? 
(See Catechism.) 

How alone can this new life be given and per- 
fected ? 

Ans. By the Holy Ghost. 

How may this gift be obtained ? S. Luke xi, 13. 

How, then, are we saved as children of God? 
Ephesians ii, 8. 

What are the privileges of the children of God ? 
Rom. viii, 17. 



16 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 

Repeat iJie Collect for the Day. 

Jesus, by Thy nativity 

Save us, Thy children dear, 

Preserve us pure and innocent 

And keep us in Thy fear, 

That we may dwell with Thee in Heaven, 

Our Saviour, God, and King, 

And e*ver more around Thy throne 

Glad hallelujahs sing. 



LESSON VI. 

The Circumcision and the Presentation in the Temple. 

S. Luke ii. 21, 22, 23, 24. 

I. 

How old was Jesus when He was circumcised ? 

Why was He called Jesus ? 

What does His name mean ? 

How old was He when carried to Jerusalem ? 

Ans. 40 days. 

For what did they take Him there ? 

Whose law commanded this to be done ? 

Who was Moses ? 

What children did he say should be presented 
unto the Lord ? 

What takes the place of circumcision with us ? 

What is then given us ? 

May our children be presented unto the Lord in 
His Temple ? 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 17 

II. 

Why did eight days pass before circumcision ? 
Gen. xvii, 12. 

Of what was circumcision the sign and seal? 
Gen. xvii, 6, 7, 8. 

Why must Jesus be circumcised ? 

Ans. To prove that he was of the seed of Abra- 
ham. 

Whence arose the custom of giving a name on the 
occasion of circumcision? Gen. xvii, 5. 

What Hebrew children must be presented to God 
in His Temple ? Ex. xiii, 1, 2. 

Why the first-born? Ex. xiii, 15. 

Why the sacrifice and offerings accompanying? 
Ex. xiii, 15. 

What was the meaning to the Hebrews of these 
two practices ? 

Ans. They were signs of God's covenant and 
deliverance. 

What do you mean by a covenant ? 

What was the Hebrew word for Jesus ? 

Ans. Joshua. See Hebrews iv, 8. 

Why do some Christians bow their heads when 
they recite their belief in "Jesus Christ our 
Lord " ? 

Ans. To signify that though in every respect a 
man, and called by a man's name, He is also fully 
God. 

What with Christians takes the place of circum- 
cision ? 

Of what is Baptism the sign ? 



18 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 

Ans. Of the new covenant in Christ. 

What is that covenant ? S. John vi, 40. 

Of what deliverance is our presentation of our 
children, a sign? I. Thes. i, 10. 

Why are others beside the first-born males pre- 
sented to God in the Christian Temple ? 

Ans. Because all are redeemed and consecrated 
to God. 

What offerings must we bring when we present 
ourselves or our children to God ? Rom. xii, 1. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Jesus ! name of mercy mild 
Given to the Holy Child, 
When the cup of human woe 
First He tasted here below. 

Jesus, name of wondrous love I 
Human name of God above : 
Pleading only this, we flee, 
Helpless, O our God ! to Thee, 



LESS03T VII. 
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The Worship of the Wise Men from the East. 

S. Matthew ii. 1, 2, 3. 

I. 






What Season of the Church year have we now 
entered ? 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 19 

On what day is the Feast of the Epiphany ? 

Ans. January 6th. 

What does Epiphany mean ? 

Ans. Manifestation. Showing forth. 

Of whom was there a showing forth at this time ? 

To whom was He shown ? 

What led Jewish shepherds to Jesus' cradle ? 

What led Gentile wise men ? 

Where did the wise men come from ? 

To what place did they come ? 

For what did they say they had come ? 

How did they worship Him ? 

W 7 ho leads us to find the Saviour? 

How must we worship Him ? 

II. 

What was the occupation of Eastern Magi or Wise 
Men? 

Ans. Study of the heavens. 

Were they then naturally guided by a star ? 

Had God foretold their coming to worship His 
Son? Ps. lxxii, 10, n. 

Had He foretold the means by which they should 
be brought? Numbers xxiv. 17. 

Why should these Easterns know the prophecy 
of Balaam ? 

What proves that these men were strangers and 
not Jews ? 

Did the Hebrews call themselves Jews ? 

W 7 ere they ignorant where their King should be 
born ? 



20 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

Who was King of the Jews at this time ? 

What Herod was this ? 

Ans. Herod the Great. 

Why was he troubled by their question ? 

How did he answer them ? 

What was his real purpose in his answer ? 

How did he carry out his purpose ? S. Matt. ii. 
16. 

Does our Church commemorate this event? 
When ? 

What great truth does the Epiphany set before 
us ? Eph. iii. 6. 

Where did the wise men find Jesus ? 

In what two ways did they worship Him ? 

By whom are we led to find Him ? S. John vi. 

44- 

By what means does He lead us ? 

Who are thus led by the Father to the Son ? S. 
John vi. 45. 

If we find Him, how will we worship Him ? 

How can we present gifts to Jesus? S. Matt. 
xxv. 40. 

How do we give to Him when we give to His 
Church? Eph. i. 22, 23. 

For what object did He establish His Church, 
which cannot be accomplished without our gifts? 
S. Luke xxiv. 47. 

What is the connection between prayers and gifts ? 
Acts x. 4. 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 21 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

In token that the Gentile lands 

Shall soon their offerings bring, 
Their wise men hail the Morning Star, 

Their Saviour, God, and King. 

That Morning Star, my children dear, 

Now shines upon your way ; 
Oh, follow all its guidings sweet, 

' Twill lead to endless day. 



LESSON VIII. 

The Childhood of Jesus, and its Manifestation of GOD. 

S. LuKEii. 40, 51, 52. 

I. 

Where was Jesus' home in His childhood ? 

What is all that we know about Him until He 
was twelve years old ? 

Ans. That He grew in body, and mind, and 
spirit, like other children. 

What is meant by saying, " the grace of God was 
upon Him " ? 

Ans. The spirit and favor of God. 

Where did He go when twelve years old ? 

With whom did He go ? 

What happened during the visit? 



22 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

Where did His mother find Him ? 

Who were the Jewish Doctors? 

Ans. The learned teachers of their law* 

What was He doing in their midst ? 

What sort of questions and answers were His ? 

What did they manifest ? 

After this, how did He treat His mother and hex 
husband ? 

Ans. He was obedient to them. 

How many years pass before we hear more of 
Him? 

Ans, Eighteen. 

During these years, what do we know of Him ? 

Ans. Only that He grew in body, and mind, and 
spirit. 

II. 

What is the second Epiphany of our Lord ? S. 
Luke ii, 46, 47. 

How old was He then ? 

Is this Epiphany a clearer revelation of His God- 
head than that at Bethlehem ? 

Is this natural ? 

How was God manifested at Bethlehem ? 

Ans. By signs foreordained. 

How here at Jerusalem? S. Luke ii, 47. 

Why was Jesus at Jerusalem ? 

What was the feast of the Passover? Exodus xii. 

For what purpose was it instituted ? Exodus xii. 

0£ what was it a sign and type ? I. Cor. v. 7. 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 23 

How long did this feast continue ? Exodus xii, 

What is meant by " supposing Him to have been 
in the company " ? 

Why was His mother amazed when she found 
Him? 

Did He rebuke her astonishment? S. Luke ii, 49. 

Why should she have known His Divine nature ? 
S. Luke i, 31, 32 ; ii, 34. S. Matt, ii, 11. 

If our children are redeemed and made one with 
Christ, what may we believe of them ? S. Luke ii, 40. 

If children obey the Holy Spirit of grace, how 
will they behave toward their parents ? S. Luke ii, 5 1. 

May we, when children, disobey our parents on 
the ground of doing God's work ? S. Luke ii, 49, 5 1. 

How long did Jesus wait after this time ? 

And yet was He not at this time anxious to be 
about His work ? 

What lesson may we thence learn ? 

How may we as children manifest the Spirit of 
God? Gal. v. 22, 23. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Though He came to preach the Gospel, 
Though He came the sick to heal, 

Though He came to cast out devils, 
And His Father to reveal, 

Yet till God the Father called Him, 

Quietly His course lie ran, 
Winning by His life most holy 

Favor sweet from God and man. 

Learn by this, O Christian children, 
What the Lord would have you do,. 

How ye best may render service, 
Loving, hearty, faithful, true, 



LESSON IX. 
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The Manifestation of GOD at the Marriage Feast. 
S. John ii. 11. 



Where did our Lord work this miracle ? 
What was the occasion of the company ? 
Who were invited to the marriage ? 
Who besides Himself and His disciples was there ? 
What did His mother tell Him ? 
Did He answer her unkindly ? 
Ans. No, only solemnly. 
What did Jesus command the servants to do ? 
What was the miracle ? 
Who tested and proved its reality ? 
Ans. The governor of the feast. 
What effect had the miracle ? 
Ans. His disciples believed on Him. 
Whose glory did He manifest ? 
Ans. His own. 

What was the power or glory He manifested ? 
Ans. That of God, who alone can create wine 
from water. 

II. 

After His baptism by John, where did our Lord 
wish to go ? S. John i, 43. 

What disciples went with Him ? S. John i, 40, 
4 2 , 43> 49- 

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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 25 

How far was Cana from Nazareth ? 

Ans. Eight miles, north. 

What reason is apparently suggested for the invi- 
tation of these disciples who were strangers? S. 
John ii, 2. 

What possible reason for the supply of wine 
failing ? 

Why, possibly, was Mary so interested in procuring 
more ? 

Why does she approach her Son? S. Luke i, 32^ 
ii, 49. 

What meaning has His answer ? 

Ans. He is no longer a child and subject to her. 

Does she believe He will grant her request ? S. 
John ii, 5. 

What is meant by " after the manner of the puri- 
fying of the Jews " ? S. Mark vii, 3, 4. 

Who was the governor of the feast ? 

Why did the Lord work this miracle ? S. John 
x, 25. 

Will men ever receive a teacher as from Heaven 
except he do miracles ? S. John iv, 48. 

Do miracles necessarily prove their worker to be 
from God? II. Thess. ii, 9. 

What must we also consider? 

Ans. Their object and effect, and the character 
of the w r orker. 

If these be beneficent, what do the miracles 
prove? S. John iii, 2. 

But how shall we know the nature of the person 
who works them ? 

Ans. By His own claim. 
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26 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

Did not some mere men work miracles by God's 
power? Acts iii, 6, 7. 

Why then do we worship Jesus as God ? 
Ans. Because He claimed to be God. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Just as once in Cana's city, 
Jesus made the water wine, 

So the humblest, simplest duty 
May be turned to use divine. 

Therefore, little Christian children, 
Thankfully your tasks pursue, 

While you heartily are learning, 
'Tis your Father's work you do 



LESSON X. 
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The Manifestation of GOD in the Miracle of Healing. 
S. Mat. viii. 1, 2. 



Where had Jesus been with His disciples ? 
What had He been doing ? 
Ans. Teaching them. 

What do we call His teaching contained in S. 
Mat. chapters v. vi. and vii ? 

Ans. The Sermon on the Mount. 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 27 

How must a teacher prove to men that God has 
sent him to teach them? 

Ans. By working miracles. 

Who came to Jesus ? 

Could any man heal a leper ? 

Ans. No. 

What did the leper call Him ? 

What did the leper say that he believed ? 

What do we call, believing that Jesus can and 
will do what He promises ? 

Ans. Faith. 

What answer did He make to the leper? 

What proof did He offer that He had healed 
him? 

If He could heal a leper what must we believe ? 

Ans. That He is come from God and speaks 
truth. 

Why do we believe that He is God ? 

Ans. Because He tells us so. 

II. 

Who declared a man to be a leper ? Lev. xiii, 

43, 44- 

Might a leper come near a congregation ? Lev. 

xiii, 45, 46. 

But was this disease contagious ? 

Ans. No. 

Who commanded the armies of Syria? II. 
Kings v, i. 

Who talked once with a King of Israel? II. 
Kings viii. 5. 



28 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

How was the question settled whether a leper had 
been cleansed ? Lev. xiv, 2, 3. 

Did the Hebrews believe that their physicians 
could cleanse a leper ? II. Kings v, 7. 

How did they regard him ? 

Ans. As one dead. 

Why this peculiar treatment of a leper ? 

Ans. To teach the nature and effect of sin. 

Who then alone can cleanse from sin ? II. Kings 

v,7- 

Why then should a leper be excluded from the 
camp and the city? Rev. xxi, 27. 

Might Jesus, a Jew, touch a leper ? Lev. xiv, 46. 

Why might He disregard Moses' law? 

How did the leper approach and address Him ? 

What quality in the leper's prayer made it effec- 
tual ? S. Mark x, 52. 

If Jesus can cleanse a leper what does it prove ? 

Ans. That He has the power of God. 

To whom then must we go for deliverance from 



sin 



How must we approach Him ? 
In what spirit ask cleansing ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

I need Thee, precious Jesus, 

For I am full of sin ; 

My soul is dark and guilty : 

My heart is dead within : 

I need the cleansing fountain 

Where I can always flee, 

The blood of Christ most precious, 

The sinner's perfect plea. 



LESSON XI. 

The Manifestation of GOD in the Stilling of the Tempest. 
S. Mark iv, 35-41. 

I. 

Where had Jesus been teaching that day ? 

How many hearers had He ? 

What had He used as a pulpit from which to 
speak ? 

What sea was this ? 

A?is, The sea of Galilee. 

What time of day was it when they set out to 
cross ? 

What happened as they were crossing ? 

How does S. Mark describe the violence of the 
storm ? 

Where was Jesus ? 

What did His disciples do ? 

What did they say to Him ? 

What did Jesus do, and what was the result ? 

What did Jesus say to them ? 

What did the disciples say to one another ? 

II. 

How was the sea of Galilee situated ? 
Ajis. In a deep valley, and bounded on the North 
and North East by high mountains. 

To what did this situation render it liable ? 

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30 THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY 

Ans. To very sudden and violent storms ? 

How do we know the violence of this storm ? S. 
Mat. viii, 25. S. Mark i, 16. 

What is the exact meaning of the words here 
translated, " It was now full " in verse 37 ? 

Ans. " It was now filling." 

Was it natural that Jesus should be asleep ? 

Why do you suppose He commanded that they 
should go over to the other side? S. Mark vi, 31. 

In the words spoken by the disciples in verse 38, 
what two feelings are shown ? Verse 40. 

Though a Christian may often be afraid should 
he ever doubt ? 

Can any real harm come to him, if he is joined to 
Jesus by faith ? 

Which does Jesus rebuke first, the storm, or His 
faithless followers ? 

What may we learn from this ? 

Whose power alone can still the wind and waves ? 
Ps. lxxxix, 9 ; xciii, 4. 

Did His disciples then think that He was God 
because He could thus command the waves and be 
obeyed? Verse 41. 

Why then do we believe that Jesus is God ? 

Ans. Because He claimed to be. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

Jesus is God ! the solid earth, 

The ocean broad and bright, 
The countless stars, like golden dust, 

That strew the skies at night, 
The wheeling storm, the dreadful fire, 

The pleasant, wholesome air, 
The summer's sun. the winter's frost 

His own creations were. 



LESSOR XII. 
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The Epiphany of the Last Day, 
S. Mark xiii, 24-27. 



What tribulation is it that shall come before 
Christ comes ? 

Arts, The destruction of Jerusalem. 

But does He say that His coming shall be imme- 
diately thereafter ? 

What does he say must be done before He will 
come? 

Arts. His Gospel must be preached to all nations ? 

What reason csn you see for this ? 

Ans. He will not judge men until they shall have 
heard His offers of mercy. 

If this is true, what efforts should all Christians 
make ? 

If they do not make effort to preach His Gospel, 
what does this show ? 

Ans. That they do not believe it, and long for the 
coming of Jesus as their King. 

How did Jesus come to earth the first time ? 

How does He say here, that He will come again ? 

Who will be His servants then ? 

For what will He send them ? 

Who are His elect ? 

Ans. Those whom He chose to hear His Gospel, 
and who chose Him as their Saviour. 

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32 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

From what places shall they be gathered ? 

For what shall they be gathered ? 

Ans. To dwell forever with Him ? 

But shall they alone stand before Him ? 

Ans. No, all who ever lived, shall stand before 
Him? 

What does He say shall be the portion of those 
who have not believed Him and tried to serve Him ? 

Ans, They shall be driven away from Him for- 
ever. 

II. 

What was the promise spoken by Christ, to cheer 
His disciples, at the time of His death? S. John 
xiv, 3. 

Had He before that time spoken of His return 
to earth after his ascension to heaven? S. Mat. 
xxv, 31. 

For what purpose does He say He will then ap- 
pear? S. Mat. xxv, 31, 32, ^^. S. John v, 22. 

How does His Apostle describe this second com- 
ing? II. Cor. v, 10. 

What manner of signs does He here say shall 
prepare for this second coming ? 

May we then presume to calculate the time when 
He shall return ? S. Mark xiii, 32. 

How can we believe that this was unknown to 
Jesus, if He is God ? 

Who is it,that then shall see Him ? Rev. i, 7. 

But for each one of us what is practically the 
hour of His second coming ? 

Arts. The hour of our death ? 



THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 33 

Why is this so? Ecclesiastes ix, 10. 

Is not the time of this event almost as uncertain ? 
. What charge does Jesus give to all, based upon 
this uncertainty ? S. Mark sriii, 33. 

What principle does He declare shall govern the 
judgment of that day? S. Mat. xvi,,2 7. 

But are we saved by our works ? Gal. ii, 16. 

Why, does Christ say that He will render to 
every man according to his works? S. John xiv, 
21. S. James ii, 26. 

Who then are the elect who shall be gathered 
together unto Christ at the last day ? 

Then shall be fulfilled what promise of God to 
His Son? Phil, ii, 10, 11. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Lo ! He comes with clouds descending, 
Once for favoured sinners slain ! 

Thousand, thousand Saints attending, 
Swell the triumph of His train : 

Hallelujah ! 
God appears on earth to reign. 



LESSON XIII. 

The Temptation in the Wilderness, 
S. Luke iv. 1,2. 



What is this Sunday called ? 
What does the name signify ? 

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34 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

Ans. That the day is seventy days before Easter. 

What subject does the Church now begin to bring 
specially before us ? 

Ans. Our Lord's conflict with the Evil One. 

Where was Jesus' first battle with him ? 

Immediately after what event was this meeting ? 

By whom was He led to this conflict ? 

How long was He without food ? 

Who then came to Him ? 

Ans. The Devil. 

Was Jesus a real man ? 

Ans. Yes, and therefore could be tempted. 

What sin did the Devil ask Him to do ? 

Ans. To doubt His Father and choose His way 
for Himself. 

In how many ways did the Devil tempt Him to 
do this ? 

Ans. Three. 

Does the Devil tempt each one of us in the same 
way ? 

How does Jesus here teach us that we must resist 
him ? 

Ans, By prayer for the Holy Spirit, and by learn- 
ing God's Word. 

II. 

From what day do we now begin to reckon and 
to name our Sundays ? 

When did Jesus receive the fulness of the Spirit ? 
S. Mat. iii, 16. 

If Jesus is the Son of God, was He capable of 
temptation ? 



SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 35 

Arts. Yes, for He is also Son of man, and as man 
He met man's enemy. 

How long was He fasting ? 

During this time was He tempted by Satan ? S. 
Luke iv, 2. 

To what temptations was He, during this time, 
exposed ? 

Ans. We do not know. 

In the temptation recorded, to what sin did the 
Devil first tempt Him ? 

Ans. Distrust of God because of present suf- 
fering. 

How did He meet him ? 

Ans. By words of Scripture. 

Where is this Scripture ? Deut. viii, 3. 

How doth a man live by the " Word of God ? " 

Ans. By believing it. 

Where was the second temptation offered ? S. 
Mat. iv, 5. 

To what sin did he now tempt Him ? 

Ans. Presumption and self will. 

On what Scripture did Satan base his temptation? 
Ps. xci, 11, 12. 

What words did he omit, and so falsify the Scrip- 
ture ? 

How did Jesus answer? Deut. vi, 16. 

What do you mean by " tempting God ? " 

Ans. Putting Him to the proof of His word. 

Where was the third temptation offered? S. 
Mat. iv, 8. 

To what sin did he now tempt Him ? 

Ans. To attain a good end by bad means. 



36 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

How did Jesus answer? Deut. vi, 13 ; x, 20. 

What then happened? S. Mat. iv, 11. 

Are not the means of resistance which Jesus used, 
given to us ? S. Luke xi, 13. 

If He was tempted, must not we expect to be? 
I Peter ii, 21; v, 8. 

What promise have we that by earnest effort we 
shall overcome ? I. Cor. x, 13. 

What comfort to all Christians is derived from 
Jesus' temptation? Heb. iv, 15, 16. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Holy Jesus, look in pity 

On Thy weak and wayward child ; 
Thou wert gentle and forbearing, 

I am swayed by passions wild. 

To Thy Heavenly Father, Jesus, 
Thou dids't meekly yield Thy will; 

I am ever vainly striving 
Selfish wishes to fulfil. 

Cleanse the heart that beats within me, 
Fill me with Thy Spirit free ; 

Then Thine own All -Holy likeness 
Will be perfected in me. 



LESSOR XIV. 

The Transfiguration. 
S. Luke ix, 28-31. 

I. 

What is this event in the life of Jesus called ? 
What does Transfiguration mean ? 



SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 37 

Ans. Change of form and appearance. 

Where may we believe it took place ? 

Ans. On Mount Hermon. 

Who were the witnesses of it ? 

For what purpose had Jesus gone into the mount ? 

How does S. Matthew describe the change in His 
appearance ? S. Mat. xvii, 2. 

Who talked with Him there ? 

Who was Moses ? 

How long had he been dead ? 

Ans. About fifteen hundred years. 

Who was Elias ? 

Ans. Elijah, the great Prophet. 

How long had he been dead ? 

Ans, About nine hundred years. 

About what did they talk with Him ? 

Ans. His coming death at Jerusalem. 

How then must we think of the death of Jesus ? 

Ans. As the most important of all events. 

What does His Transfiguration teach us ? 

Ans. That, though crucified, He is God's Son, 
and shall come again in glory, as He said. 



II. 



Who seem to have been the nearest companions 
of Jesus ? 

What other events were they alone permitted to 
witness? S. Mark v, 37 ; xiv, 33- 

What reason can you find for this event happen- 
ing just when it did ? S. Luke ix, 22. 



38 SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

What effect would this announcement have on 
His disciples ? 

What of this teaching was hardest for them to 
receive ? 

Ans. That He, the Christ, should die. 

By whom had they been taught what to expect in 
the Messiah, or Christ ? 

A?is. Moses and the Prophets. 

What reason then for the appearance of these 
particular men at this time ? 

What is the peculiar value of their talking with 
Him about His death? 

What effect did the Transfiguration have on the 
beholders ? S. Luke ix. $$. 

What is thus taught us of the effect on man of 
visitors from the unseen world ? 

Ans. They are amazed, and so disposed to wor- 
ship them equally with Christ. 

May we then believe that God will probably send 
them ? 

What means did God supply to correct this error ? 
S. Luke ix. 35. 

How do we know that the impression produced 
by this event was lasting? II S. Peter i, 16, 17. 

Did not Jesus suffer in prospect of His death? 

For what other purpose then may we believe this 
event to have been given ? 

In what particular alone, does this event afford us 
an example? S. Luke ix. 28. 

What hope does it give to the prayerful disciple ? 

Ans. That in prayer, his soul shall be trans- 
figured, and the voice of blessing heard, "This is 
my Son." % 



SEXAGESIMA SUNDak 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Jesus, low we bow before Thee, 

Mediator glorified ! 
All the Heavenly hosts adore Thee, 

Seated at Thy Father's side; 
There for sinners Thou art pleading, 

There Thou dost our place prepare ; 
Ever for us interceding, 

Till in glory we appear. 



LESSON XY. 

The Raising of Lazarus* 
S. John xi, 41-44. 

I. 

Where was this miracle wrought ? 
How far was Bethany from Jerusalem ? 
Ans. About two miles. 

What were the names of the sisters of Lazarus ? 
What message had they sent to Jesus ? 
Did He come as soon as sent for ? 
Why did He wait two days ? 

Ans. That Lazarus might die and be raised to 
ffe, and so a greater miracle be wrought. 
Who came with Him to Bethany ? 
Who first met Him ? 
How Ions: had Lazarus been dead ? 



40 QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

Ans. Four days. 

How did Jesus show His love for Lazarus at th^ 
grave ? 

Is it sin in us, to grieve for our departed friends ? 

What did Jesus, before He called the dead man 
to life ? 

Who were witnesses of this miracle ? 

Ans. Many of the Jews who had come from 
Jerusalem to comfort the sisters. 

How did it affect them ? 

Ans. Many believed on Him, but some went and 
told the Pharisees what He had done. 

What was the consequence of this miracle ? 

Ans. The Jews arrested Jesus and put Him to 
death. 

II. 

How is Lazarus described in S. John xi, 2 ? 

Had S. John yet written of the anointing of 
Jesus ? 

Ans. No ; but Mary and her act were well known 
in the Church. S. John xii, 3. 

What must we learn from our Lord's delay when 
sent for ? 

Ans. There is no haste with God, and Hq 
answers our prayers as is best, though often not 
as we expect. 

Why was He glad that He was not at Bethany ? 
S. John xi, 15. 

Is there ever a mention of a death in His presx 
ence ? 



QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 41 

What claim does He make in His reply to Martha 
in verses 25 and 26? 

Ans. To possess power to quicken the dead. 

To whom alone did the Jews believe such power 
to belong? II. Kings v, 7. 

How had God provided a number of hostile wit- 
nesses of this miracle ? Verse 31. 

If the Godhead of Jesus is claimed in verse 25, 
what other nature is declared in verse 35 ? 

What part of the transaction does Jesus Himself 
perform, and what does He leave to others ? See 
verses 39, 43, 44. 

What assignable reason for this ? 

What confession have we from our Lord's ene- 
mies about His miracles ? Verse 47. 

What did they fear ? 

Ans. A revolution among the people, which would 
offend their Roman masters. 

To what result did this miracle lead ? Verse 53. 

What must this miracle teach us ? 

Ans. To believe the claims of Jesus that H? 
will raise the dead. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Thou art the Life, the rending tomb 
Proclaims Thy conquering arm, 

And those who put their trust in Thee, 
Nor death nor hell shall harm. 



LESSON XVI. 

The Entry into Jerusalem. 
S. John xii, 12-15. 



Where was Jesus before the feast of the Pass' 
over? 

Who lived at Bethany? 

What remarkable person was then there ? 

Why was he so remarkable, that multitudes would 
go there to see him ? 

On what day of the week did Jssus leave there ? 

What day do we keep in memory of this journey ? 

Why do we call it Palm Sunday? 

How long before Easter is Palm Sunday ? 

How did Jesus journey from Bethany to Jerusa- 
lem ? 

How did the multitude address Him ? 

What does " Hosanna " mean ? 

Ans. " Save us now." 

When Jesus had come to Jerusalem, whose 
praises did He say He loved ? 

Ans. Little children's. 

What did this same multitude cry out on the fol- 
lowing Friday? 

Ans. Crucify Him. 

Why did they cry " Hosanna," unto Him ? 

Ans. They hoped He would deliver them from 
the Romans. 

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THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 43 

Why do we cry Hosanna unto Him ? 
Ans. Because we believe Him to be God, who 
saved us from death. 

IL 

What was the great Festival of the Jews. 

At what place must it be kept? Deut. xvi, 16. 

On what particular day must it be kept ? Ex. xii, 
3>6. 

How long before this great day did Jesus come 
to Bethany? S. John xii, i. 

On what day of the week did He probably arrive 
at Bethany ? 

Ans. Friday, after sunset. 

On what day of the week did Jesus go towards 
Jerusalem ? 

Who came to meet Him ? Verse 12. 

Why were these multitudes gathered together ? 

What meaning had the palm branches they bore ? 

Ans. Victory and Peace. See Rev. vii, 9. 

With what cry did they greet Him ? 

Where are the words of this salutation found? 
Ps. cxviii, 25, 26. 

To whom was this Psalm understood by the Jews 
to refer? 

Ans. The Messiah. 

In what manner was this journey performed by 
our Lord? Verse 14. 

How had He obtained the use of the young ass 
on which He rode ? S. Mat. xxi, 1-3. 

Of what were the ass and the colt a sign ? 

Am. Authority. Judges v, 10. 



44 THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 

What prophecy does S. Matthew say was thus ful- 
filled ? Zachariah ix, 9. 

How then did the multitude hail Him ? 

Ans. As Messiah and King. 

But what sort of King did they expect Messiah to 
be? S. Luke xxiv, 21. 

I For what purpose had He said that He was going 
up to Jerusalem? S. Luke xviii, 31, 32, $Z- 

How was He received in the city? S. Mat. xxi, 
10. 

How did He exhibit the power of God as His own 
at this visit? S. Mat. xxi, 12, 14. 

What is the fulness of meaning in this exhibition 
just before His suffering and death ? 

Ans. That as Paschal Lamb to be slain, He was 
"chosen of God and precious," without spot or 
blemish of sin. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Ere one little week hath passed 
Changed is that fair city's cry, 

Lnvly women weep for Jesus, 
Wicked men cry, Crucify ! 

And as He in silence listened 

To their hallelujah sweet, 
So their bitter execrations 

Christ received in silence meet. 

Therefore, little Christian children, 
Like your Saviour meekly go 

Through the flowery paths of gladness 
Or through gloomy shades of woe. 



LESSOR XVII. 

The Last Supper. 
S. Matthew xxvi, 26, 27, 28. 

I. 

On what day of the week was this supper ? 

For what purpose had Jesus and His disciples 
assembled ? 

Ans. To eat the Passover. 

Where was this Feast instituted ? 

Ans. In Egypt. 

How did God compel Pharaoh to let His people 
go? 

Ans. By the slaying of the first born in the land. 

How were the Israelites then preserved from 
death ? 

Ans. By the blood of the Lamb sprinkled on the 
door post. 

Why then did this Feast receive this name ? 

What did a Jew declare when he ate the Pass- 
over? 

Ans. His belief and trust in the God who had 
delivered his fathers from Egypt. 

Of whom was the Passover lamb a type ? 

How are all mankind delivered from eternal 
death ? 

Ans. By the blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God. 

How can that blood be 'made our protection^ 

Ans. By believing and obeying Him. 



46 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 

For what object was the Passover Feast kept 
every year ? 

Ans. To keep alive among the Hebrews the mem- 
ory of their deliverance by their God ? 

What then is the object of the Lord's Supper? 

Ans. To keep alive a memory of the sacrifice for 
us of the Son of God : to help our faith in Him and 
our final salvation. 

Why are all Christians bound to keep this Feast ? 

Ans. Because Jesus said, "Do this in remem- 
brance of Me." 

II. 

Where was Jesus from Sunday until Thursday? 
S. Luke xxi, 37. 

What happened, probably on Wednesday of this 
week? S. Mat. xxvi, 14, 16. 

What other name has the Feast of the Passover? 

Why was it so called ? Ex. xii, 18, 19, 34. 

Who made ready for His keeping this Feast? S. 
Luke xxii, 8. 

Who furnished the chamber for the Feast? S. 
Luke xxii, 11. 

Of what did the Passover consist ? Ex. xii, 8. 

What meaning, to the Hebrews, had the Lamb, 
and the unleavened bread and the bitter herbs ? 

How did John the Baptist describe our Lord ? 
S. John i, 29. 

How did S. Paul describe His death ? I. Cor. v, 

7- 

What then was the full meaning of the Jewish 
Passover? 



THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 47 

In what respect were the Jews in Egypt represen- 
tatives of all men ? S. John viii, 34. 

How may all men be delivered from the bondage 
of sin and death? S. Mat. xxvi, 28. S. John vi, 

54. 

What then is the Lord's Supper ? 

Ans. A Memorial, a showing forth to God and 
man of the Lord's death. I. Cor. xi, 26. 

In what sense are the bread and wine His body 
and blood ? 

Ans. They represent them. 

Does Scripture teach that any change takes place 
in them ? 

Ans. No. 

Is taking the bread and wine in all cases taking 
His body and blood ? 

Ans. By no means. 

By what means alone can we take and eat the 
body of Christ? 

Ans. Faith. 

How is the soul fed by His flesh and blood ? 

Ans. Flesh and blood represent His life. 

How then is the Lord's Supper a means of grace 
or help ? 

Ans. It is a means by which a faithful soul may 
be united to the life of Jesus. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Bread for sinners broken — 
Bread of life indeed ! 

Mann a for t he hungry, 
In their sorest need ; 



48 THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 

: Pledge of our salvation, 

May we thirst for thee ! 
Cup of heavenly blessing, 
Wine of charity ! 

Thou, O Holy Saviour, 

Come and enter in, 
Cleanse away the impress 

Of our deadly sin ! 
Make us pure we pray Thee, 

Thou who art so pure ! 
And oh ! let Thy likeness 

In our hearts endure. 



LESSON XYIII. 
SCto ®tord ^uttday tit gfctf. 

The Agony in the Garden. 
S. Mark xiv, 32-36. 

I. 

Where did Jesus go after the last supper? 
Ans. Across the brook Cedron, to a garden. 
Who went with Him ? 
For what did He go there ? 
Ans. To commune with His Father. 
Did He know that Judas would find Him there? 
What do you mean by ' ; sore amazed/' and "very 
heavy ?" 

Ans. Exceedingly sorrowful. 

Whom did He ask to watch with Him ? 



THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 49 

When He returned from praying, did He find 
them watching ? 

Ans, He found them sleeping. 

How many times did He go and pray? 

Ans, Three. 

Why was He so sorrowful ? 

Ans, Because He was to suffer all that was due 
for the sins of the world. 

How does S. Luke describe His sorrow ? 

Ans, His sweat was as great drops of blood. 

How does He always end His prayer ? 

What lesson does His example teach us ? 

II. 

Did Jesus know that He would be arrested this 
night? S. Mat. xxvi, 31. 

Did He know by whom He should be betrayed ? 
S. Mat. xxvi, 25. S. John x, 18. 

Where was Gethsemane? S. John xviii, 1. 

Was it a place of frequent resort to Him and His 
disciples ? 

For what purpose did He go to this garden ? 

Was it usual for Him to have witnesses when He 
prayed ? S. Mark vi, 46, S. Mat. vi, 6. 

Were all His disciples with Him now ? 

Which of them were close to Him ? 

On what other occasions were these three thus 
distinguished ? 

What request did He make of them ? S. Mark 
xiv, 34. 

How must we understand this ? 
3 



50 THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 

Ans. His human nature desired sympathy in His 
agony. 

How many times did He pray to His Father 
there ? 

What meaning have the words " this cup ? " 

Ans. He describes His suffering as a bitter cup 
He must drink. 

Was His suffering merely because of His fear of 
death? Isaiah liii, 6. 

What was the punishment He must bear ?" Isaiah 
liii, 10. Gal. iii, 13. 

What was the conclusion of His prayer always ? 

What change did He make in His prayer the se- 
cond time He went away ? S. Mat. xxvi, 42. 

What lesson does His example here give to all 
who pray? 

Who came to strengthen Him ? S. Luke xxii, 43. 

While He prayed the third time who came ? S. 
Luke xxii, 47. 

How had they known where to find Him ? S. 
John xviii, 2. 

How did Judas point out the Lord ? 

How were the soldiers affected by Jesus' decla- 
ration, " I am He ? " ' S. John xviii, 6. 

How did Peter try to defend His Master ? 

What rebuke did his act call forth from the Lord ? 
S. Mat. xxvi, 52, 53, 54. 

How was then fulfilled His prophecy in the sup- 
per room? S. Mat. xxvi, 56. 



THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 51 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Go to dark Getbsemane, 

Ye that feel the tempter's power, 
Your Redeemer's conflict see, 

Watch with Him one bitter honr ; 
Turn not from His griefs away, 
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 



LESSON XIX. 
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The Judgment Hall. 

S. Luke xxii, To, 71. S. Johx xix, 6, 7. 



Who was High Priest then ? 

Ans. Caiaphas. 

Who had sent the band to arrest Jesus ? 

When did Caiaphas gather the Council to try 
Him? 

Ans. The next morning. 

During the night how was He treated ? 

Aiis. Annas questioned Him, and the soldiers 
mocked Him. 

Why did the Jews wish to kill Him ? 

Ans. Because He had claimed to be God. 

Could they find witnesses to prove this ? 

Ans. No. 



52 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

How did they prove it ? 

Ans. He confessed it. 

Had the Jews then any power to put a man to 
deaih ? 

Ans. No ; the Romans were rulers of the land. 

To whom then did they carry Jesus ? 

Ans. To Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor. 

Of what did they accuse Jesus to Pilate ? 

Ans. Of claiming to be a king, and therefore an 
enemy of Caesar the Roman King. 

Did Pilate believe the charge ? 

Ans. No. 

Why did he let them crucify Him ? 

Ans. Because he was a coward and feared they 
would iujure him with his master at Rome. 

What lesson do we learn from Jesus in the judg- 
ment hall ? 

Ans. That He claimed to be God, and died 
rather than deny it. 

II. 

Whither did Jesus' captors lead Him away ? S. 
John xviii, 13, 24. 

Who followed Him afar off? S. John xviii, 15. 

How did Peter gain admittance to the Palace. 
S John xviii, 16. 

How often did he deny his Master before morn- 
ing? 

How did Jesus touch Peter's heart ? S. Luke 
xxii, 61. 

For what purpose was the Council assembled ? S. 
Mat. xxvi, 59. 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. T3o 

How many agreeing witnesses were necessary 
under Moses' lav/ to condemn a man. Deut. xix, 15. 

What difficulty had the council in proving their 
charge? S. Mark xiv, 56. 

What charge did the false witnesses bring? S. 
Mark xiv, 58, 59. 

On what saying of Jesus was this charge based ? 
S. John ii, 19. 

What had been His meaning? S. John ii, 21. 

When they could find no testimony against Him, 
to v/hat did they resort ? S. Mat. xxvi, 63. 

What effect upon a Jew, had this solemn adju- 
ration ? 

Ans. It compelled his answer on oath. Lev. v, i. 

What effect had His answer upon the Council ? S. 
Luke xxii, 71. 

Of v/hat sin, in their view, did His answer prove 
Him guilty? S. John xix, 7. 

But if He meant by being Son of God, only being 
the Messiah, would they have called it blasphemy ? 
S. John xii, 13. 

W 7 hat did they understand him to mean by claim- 
ing to be " Son of God ? " S. John v, 18. 

As He never corrected their impression, but suf- 
fered death because He would not do so, what must 
we believe ? 

Ans. That He claimed to be equal with God. 

Early in the morning, to whom did they lead 
Him? S. Luke xxiii, 1. 

Of what did they accuse Him ? S. Luke xxiii, 2. 

What was their real ground of hating Him and 
wishing to put Him to death? S. John xix, 7. 



54 THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

What did Pilate answer them ? S. Luke xxiii, 4. 

To whom did Pilate send Him ? 

How did Herod receive Him ? S. Luke xxiii, 8, 1 1. 

Did Pilate wish to put Him to death? S. John 
xix, 12. 

How did this weak Governor seek to be rid of His 
responsibility? S. Mat. xxvii, 24. 

Who assumed the responsibility ? S. Mat. xxvii, 

2 5- 

Is His blood still upon their children ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Follow to the judgment hall ; 

View the Lord of life arraigned, 
O the wormwood and the gall ; 

O the pangs His soul sustained I 
Shun not suffering, shame or loss ; 
Learn of Him to bear the cross. 



LESSON XX. 
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The Cross, 
S. Matthew xxvii, 31-38. 



At what place was Jesus crucified ? 
What is the meaning of the name Golgotha or 
Calvary ? 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. OJ 

Ans, A skull. 

Who carried Jesus' cross to Calvary . 

Ans. Simon of Cyrene. 

What did they offer Him before they nailed Him 
to the cross ? 

Ans. Wine mingled with myrrh. 

Why was this given to men about to be crucified ? 

Ans. To deaden their sense of pain. 

What writing did Pilate put over His head on the 
Cross ? 

Ans. L N, R. I. — Jesus of Nazareth, the King 
of the Jews. 

To whom did the clothes of a criminal belong ? 

Ans. To the four soldiers who crucified him. 

How did they dispose of die clothing of Jesus ? 

Ans. They divided it, except the seamless coat f 
for which they cast lots. 

Who were crucified with Him ? 

Ans. Two robbers. 

What different classes of people sat down and 
watched Him there ? 

At what hour was He crucified ? 

Ans. The third hour : nine o'clock in the morning. 

At what hour did He die ? 

Ans. The ninth hour: three o'clock in the 
afternoon. 

Who were witnesses of His death ? 

Ans. His friends, His enemies, and the soldiers 
who were neither friends nor enemies. 

H. 

Was Calvary within the limits of the city?, S. 
Mark xv, 21. 



56 THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

What teaching does the writer of the Epistle to 
the Hebrews draw from the place of His death? 
Heb. xiii, n, 12. 

When the multitude started from the judgment 
hall, who bore the cross ? S. John xix, 17. 

What then must we infer from the statement in 
S. Luke xxiii, 26 ? 

What reason can you give for Jesus refusing the 
stupefying drink they offered Him ? 

Who followed Him to His cross, and what did He 
say to them? S. Luke xxiii, 27, 28. 

In what language was the title written on the 
cross? S. John xix, 20. 

What was secured by its being thus written ? 

What scripture was fulfilled in the action of the 
soldiers about His clothing? Ps. xxii, 18. 

What scripture was fulfilled in His being crucified 
between the two robbers? Isaiah liii, 12. 

What are the first words He speaks from the 
cross ? S. Luke xxiii, 34. 

What scripture did He then fulfil? Isaiah liii, 12. 

Which of His own precepts did He then obey ? 
S. Mat. v, 44. 

By whom was He mocked while He hung upon 
the cross ? S. Luke xxiii, 35, 36, 39. 

To whom was His second word from the cross? 
S. Luke xxiii, 39, 43. 

To whom was His third saying? S. John xix, 
25, 26, 27. 

What were the circumstances when He spake 
again,, the fourth time, from the cross? S. Mark 
xv, 33, 34. 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT 57 

How did the multitude understand Him? S. 
Mark xv, 35, 36. 

What saying does S. John repeat as at this time ? 
S. John xix, 28. 

What scripture was then fulfilled? Ps. lxix, 2x- 

What are the two last sayings of Jesus ? S. Luke 
*:xiii, 46. S. John xix, 30. 

What wonderful events followed immediately on 
His death? S. Mat. xxvii, 51, 52, 53. 

Where was the veil in the temple ? Ex. xxvi, 33. 

What was the meaning of its being thus torn from 
top to bottom? Heb. x, 20. Heb. ix, 7, 8, 11, 12. 

What was the effect of the death of Jesus upon 
the Roman Centurion? S. Mat. xxvii. 54. 

Why did the soldiers break the legs of the cruci- 
ied robbers? S. John xix, 31. 

Why did they not break the legs of Jesus ? S. 
John xix, 7,3- 

What proof did they have of His death ? S. John 
xix, 34. 

What scriptures were thus fulfilled? Ps. xxxiv, 
20. Zech. xii, 10. 

What evidence have we that the death of Jesus 
was real and not seeming ? S. Mark xv, 44. 

What only explanation can we receive of this 
strange bloody death of a man approved of God by 
signs and wonders ; and whose words were wisdom, 
and whose life was sinless ; a death too foretold in 
its every particular ? 

Ans. His own explanation in S. John vi, 51 ; 
x 15. 

3* 



58 THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

Calvary's mournful mountain climb; 

There, adoring at His feet, 
Mark the miracle of time, 

God's own sacrifice complete ; 
"It is finished." hear Him cry; 
Learn in Christ, to live and die. 



LESSON XXI. 

The Grave. 
S. John xix, 38-42. 



Who provided a tomb for the burial of Jesus ? 

Was he a disciple of Jesus ? 

What kind of a disciple was he ? 

Ans. One who had been afraid to confess his 
belief. 

Of whom had he been afraid ? 

Ans. The Jews. 

To whom did he now go ? 

Ans, Pilate. 

What did he beg from him ? 

Ans, The body of Jesus. 

How did Pilate find out whether Jesus was really 
dead? 

Ans, He asked the Centurion, his own officer? 



/ 






THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 59 

Who came with Joseph to take down Jesus' body 
from the cross ? 

Ans. Nicodemus. 

What did he bring with him ? 

Ans. Myrrh and aloes, to anoint the body ? 

In what did they wrap the body ? 

Ans. In linen clothes, with the spices. 

Where was the tomb in which they laid it? 

Ans. In a garden near the place where He was 
crucified. 

What kind of sepulchre was it ? 

Ans. A new one, hewn out of a rock. 

Why were they in haste to bury the body ? 

Ans. Because at sunset their Sabbath would 
begin. 

What is the precious lesson we learn from Jesus' 
tomb ? 

Ans. That He really died, as we must die, and 
therefore we shall be raised by His power, by which 
He rose again. 

II. 

What was the rank of Joseph of Arimathea ? S. 
Luke xxiii, 50. 

Had he taken Jesus' part in the Council? S. 
Luke xxiii, 51. 

Where was Arimathea ? 

Ans. Four miles N. W. of Jerusalem. It was 
the birthplace of Samuel, the Prophet. I. Sam. i, 
19. 

What prophecy was fulfilled in His thus being 
placed in a rich man's tomb ? Isaiah liii, 9. 



60 THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 

What quality was exhibited in Joseph's going to 
Pilate ? S. Mark xv, 43. 

How do you explain the sudden change in his 
behavior ? 

What effect upon Pilate was produced by the an- 
nouncement of Jesus' death ? S. Mark xv, 44. 

Why did Pilate marvel ? Compare S. John xix, 

What reason can we give for the death of Jesus 
occurring so much sooner than was usual ? Psalm 
lxix, 20. 

How did Pilate satisfy his doubt ? S. Mark xv, 

45- 

What evidence then have we of the reality of His 
death ? 

Ans. The official testimony of the executioner. 

Who came with Joseph to take down the body? 

On what two former occasions had he shown a 
faith in Jesus not bold enough to confess Him 
openly? S. John iii, 1, 2 ; vii, 50, 51. 

What evidence of Jesus' death is afforded by the 
conduct of His fric7ids ? S. John xix, 39, 40. 

How did they close the tomb? S. Mat. xxvii, 60. 

What evidence of His death is afforded by the 
conduct of His enemies ? S. Mat. xxvii, 63, 64. 

How did they make sure that the body should not 
be taken away? S. Mat. xxvii, 66. 

What further purpose was effected by Pilate giving 
the body to J,oseph, and allowing the Jews to set a 
watch ? 

Ans. It was guarded from all possible dishonor. 

What reason is given for the body's being placed 
in this tomb in the garden ? S. John xix, 42. 






THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 61 

But whose tomb was it ? S. Mat. xxvii, 60. 

What was the Jews' "preparation?" 

Ans. The hours of Friday afternoon, before sun- 
set when the Sabbath began. 

What was the conduct of the disciples after the 
entombment ? S. Luke xxiii, 56. 

Believing that He was dead, had they any real 
hope of His resurrection? S. Luke xxiv. 21, 25. 

Is the death of Jesus a necessary fact in the plan 
of His salvation ? Romans x, 9. I. Cor. xv. 3, 4, 
14. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Lord, with Thee till life shall end, 
I would solemn vigil spend ; 
Let me hew Thee, Lord, a shrine 
In this rocky heart of mine, 
Where in pure embalmed cell 
Only Thou may'st ever dwell. 

Myrrh and spices I will bring, 

True affection's offering; 

Close the door from sight and sound 

Of the busy world around ; 

And in patient watch remain 

Till my Lord appears again. 



LESSON XXII. 

The Resurrection. 
S. Mark xvi, 2-6 

I. 

Why do we keep holy the first day of the week ? 



62 EASTER DAY. 

Who came to the sepulchre very early in the 
morning ? 

Ans. Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of 
James, Salome and others. 

For what purpose did they come. 

Ans. To anoint the dead body of Jesus. 

Did they expect to find the stone rolled away ? 

Ans. No, they came hoping and yet fearing. 

When they entered the sepulchre, what did they 
see? 

Ans. A young man clothed in a long white gar- 
ment. 

How were they affected by the sight ? 

Ans. They were frightened. 

Who was the young man ? 

Ans. One of God's angels who had come to roll 
away the great stone. 

What did he say to them ? 

Ans. " Be not afraid. Ye seek Jesus of Naza- 
reth which was crucified : He is risen : He is not 
here." 

Did they still continue frightened ? 

Ans. Yes : they went out quickly and fled away. 

Did they believe that their Lord was risen ? 

A?is. No, they were amazed and afraid. 

What did they probably think ? 

Ans. That some enemy had stolen the body 
away. 

Before very long, whom did they see ? 

Ans. Jesus Himself. 

What did he say to them ? 

Ans. "All Hail ! " 



EASTER DAY. 63 

How did they show their belief and their joy at 
seeing Him ? 

Aiis. They came and held Him by the feet and 
worshipped Him. 

II. 

By whose authority do we keep holy the first day 
of the week instead of the seventh ? 

Ans. The Ape sties of the Lord. 

Are we then keeping- the Fourth Commandment ? 

Ans. Yes ? the day having been changed by in- 
spired men. 

But do the Apostles call the first day of the week 
the Sabbath? 

Ans. No. As Jews they still kept the Sabbath ; 
as Christians, the Lord's Day. 

Of what did the women converse as they went to 
the sepulchre? 

How had the stone been taken away ? S. Mat. 
xxviii, 2. 

What was the conduct of one of the women on 
seeing the stone taken away ? S. John* xx, 2. 

What was the impression on her mind ? 

What did the other women ? 

What did they see and hear ? 

What effect was produced upon them by this ? 
S. Mark xvi, 8. 

To whom did they all then go ? S. Luke xxiv, 9. 

To whom did Mary Magdalene tell of the sepul- 
chre having been broken open? S. John xx, 2. 

How did Peter and John receive the tidings ? 

What proof did they receive of the truth of the 
story ? 



64 EASTER DAY. 

What was the impression on their minds? S. 
John xx, 2, 9. 

To whom was it given first to behold the risen 
Lord ? S. Mark xvi, 9. 

What were the circumstances of her beholding 
Him? S. John xx, 11-17. 

To whom next was it given to behold Him ? S. 
Mat. xxviii, 9. 

What commandment did the Lord give to Mary 
Magdalene and afterwards to all the women? S. 
John xx, 17. S. Mat. xxviii, 10. 

Whom alone did the Angel specify by name in 
His message ? S. Mark xvi, 7. 

What reason for this ? 

How did the Apostles receive the statement of the 
women that they had seen the Lord ? S. Mark xvi, 1 1. 

While His friends were thus busy in the early 
morning, what was going on among His enemies ? 
S. Mat. xxviii, 11-15- 

Could their story be possibly true ? 

What is the value to us of the Resurrection of 
Jesus ? I. Cor. xv, 14. 

W T hat did his Resurrection prove ? Romans i, 4. 

What precious hope can rest only on His Resur- 
rection ? I. Thes. iv, 14. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

7 Tis the day of Resurrection ! 

Earth, tell it out abroad I 

The Passover of gladness, 

The Passover of God ! 

From death to life eternal, 

From earth unto the sky, 

Our Christ hath brought us over, 

With hymns of victory. 



EASTER DAY. 65 

Now let the heavens be joyful I 

Let earth her song begin. 

Let the round world keep triumph, 

And all that is therein : 

In grateful exultation 

Their notes let ali things blend, 

For Christ the Lord hath risen. 

Our joy that hath no end. 



LESSOR XXIII. 

CHRIST'S Appearance on the Way to Emmaus. 
S. Luke xxiv, 33-35, 



How many appearances of Jesus after His Resur- 
rection have we already learned ? 

Ans. Two. 

To whom were they granted ? 

Ans. The First to Maiy Magdalene, alone ; and 
the Second to all the women returning from the se- 
pulchre. 

On what day did the two disciples go to Emmaus ? 

Ans. The same day on which He arose. 

About what were they talking as they went ? 

Ans. " All these things which had happened ;" 
His arrest and crucifixion and reported resurrection. 

What was the name of one of them ? 

Ans. Cleopas. 



66 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER- EASTER* 

Who drew near to them ? 

Did they know Him ? 

Has He not promised that so He will come unto 
us? 

Will we know Him at the first ? 

By what means will He teach us that He is indeed 
risen from the dead and entered into His glory? 

Ans. By teaching us the things in the Scriptures 
concerning Himself. 

When these two disciples returned to Jerusalem 
how did they find the Apostles? 

Ans. All gathered together in one place. 

How many Apostles were there at that time ? 

Of what were they talking ? 

Ans. The appearance of the Lord to Simon. 

How many appearances have we now learned ? 

Ans. Four ; the third to Simon and the fourth to 
Cleopas and his companions. 

II. 

How many miles from Jerusalem was the village 
of Emmaus? S. Luke xxiv, 13. 

Why did the two disciples not know the Lord 
when He drew near to them? S. Mark xvi, 12. 

What did He ask them ? 

What did Cleopas answer ? 

How did He reply ? 

What did these disciples then declare to have 
been their trust in Christ? S. Luke xxiv, 21. 

Did they believe then that He had risen from 
the dead ? 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. G7 

How did Jesus rebuke their unbelief? S. Luke 
xxiv, 25, 26, 27. 

What does Jesus here declare to have been the 
subject of all the Old Testament Scriptures ? I. S 
Peter i, 10, 11. 

When they arrived at the village, what was the 
conduct of the unknown stranger ? 

Can you mention any other instance of such con- 
duct in the life of Jesus ? S. Mark vi, 48. 

What instances in the Old Testament History of 
like character? Gen. xviii, 3-5 ; xxxii, 24-26. 

What is the design of the Lord in all such seem- 
ing to pass by those who have come to Him ? 

Ans. To draw out stronger desires for Him ? 

What was His conduct at the supper table ? 

How was He known unto them ? 

Being recognized, what did He ? 

What was the immediate action of the two disci- 
ples ? 

Of what did they hear on their arrival in Jerusa- 
lem? 

But did all the disciples believe their story of 
having seen the Lord ? S. Mark xvi, 13. 

To which one of the Apostles, when alone, did 
our Lord appear ? 

What reason can you suggest for this ? 

What lesson are we here taught, as to the means 
to be employed that Christ may abide with us? 
S. Luke xxiv, 29. 

But must we not expect others to doubt our report 
of His having met us in the way and having been 
recognized by our faith? S. Mark xvi, 13. 



G3 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

How alone may our words be proven ? Acts iv, 
J 3- 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

Dear Lord, although we know Thee not, 
Thou walkest ever by our side, 

Teachest us, aH we have forgot, 

Promptest the prayer that Thou abide. 

Loose Thou, we pray, our holden sight, 
Be known to us in breaking bread ; 

Make doubts remove, by vision bright, 
Bid cross and grave bring no more dread. 

Then joyful hearts will haste to tell 
Thy glorious tidings unto men, 
"Fear not — I've conquered death and hell, 
Jesus the Lord is risen again." 



LESSON XXIV. 
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The Appearances to the Eleven at Jerusalem. 

S. John xx, 19, 24, 20-29. 

I. 

Where and when was the fifth appearance of the 
risen Lord ? 

Ans. At Jerusalem, to the Apostles on the even- 
ing of Easter Day. 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. G9 

Who was absent from that meeting ? 

Ans. Thomas, called Didymus. 

Where and when was the sixth appearance ? 

Ans. At Jerusalem, eight days afterwards, when 
Thomas was present. 

Under what circumstances were the disciples as- 
sembled on both these occasions ? 

Ans. With closed doors, because of their fear of 
the Jews. 

Who suddenly stood in the midst of the disciples? 

How did He salute them ? 

Ans. " Peace be unto you." 

What did He show them at His first appearing 
to them ? 

Ans. His hands and His feet. 

Why did He do this ? 

Ans. Because they were frightened and thought 
He was only a spirit. 

W T hat other proof did He give them at the first 
meeting that it was He, the man Jesus, whom they 
had known ? 

Ans. He called for something to eat, and did 
eat it before them. 

What did the other Apostles tell Thomas when he 
came ? 

Ans. u We have seen the Lord." 

What did He reply ? 

What did the Lord say to Thomas at the meeting 
eight days after ? 

Did Thomas do as our Lord then bade him ? 

What did Thomas reply ? 

What peculiar blessing does our Lord say is ours ? 



70 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

Ans. That of believing in Him without having 
seen Him. 



II. 

How were the disciples engaged when the Lord 
appeared in their midst? S. Luke xxiv, 2>3> 34? 35? 

36. 

What effect was produced by His appearance ? 
S. Luke xxiv, 37. 

What reason is given for their unbelief? S. 
Luke xxiv, 41. 

W T hat special significance has the fact that on 
both occasions of His appearing to the Eleven at 
Jerusalem, S. John says " the doors were shut ? " 

How did He prove to them that He w r as a man 
and not a spirit? S. Luke xxiv, 39. 

What difference do you notice between the de- 
scription of His risen body, and of that which S. 
Paul says " cannot inherit the Kingdom of God ? " 
I. Cor. xv, 50. 

Why did He say they should not be surprised at 
all these things which had come to pass ? S. Luke 
xxiv, 44. xviii, 31-34. 

How did He make them understand these things ? 
S. Luke xxiv, 45. 

What special authority was given to the Apostles 
by what the Lord said, recorded in S. John xx, 21? 
Compare xvii, 18. 

Ans. To complete the work Jesus came to do. 

What meaning have His words, in S. John xx, 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 71 

A/is. To forgive or retain sins, declaraiively : 
that Is, to proclaim authoritatively the terms of God's 
forgiveness. 

To what must we attribute the unwillingness of 
Thomas to believe His resurrection ? Compare S. 
John xi, 16. I, 46. 

What force is added to the confession of Thomas 
by the fact of previous unbelief ? 

What meaning alone can be attached to his 
words in S. John xx, 28 ? 

Ans. That Jesus is God. 

Could they possibly be an exclamation of mere 
surprise ? 

How did Jesus receive these words? 

How must He have received them, if He was not 
God, but only a good man ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

We were not with the faithful few 
"Who stood Thy bitter cross around • 
Nor heard Thy prayer for those that slew, 
Nor felt that earthquake rock the ground, 
We saw no spear-wound pierce Thy side ; 
Yet we believe that Thou hast died. 



No angel's message met our ear 
On that first glorious Easter Day — ■ 
"The Lord is risen, He is not here: 
Come, see the place were Jesus lay ! " 
But we believe that thou didst quell 
The banded power of death and hell. 



LESSON XXY. 
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The Appearance to the Seven at the Sea of Tiberias. 

i 
S. John xxi, 1-5. 

I. 

How many appearances of tke Lord after His 
resurrection, have we learned ? 

Aiis. Six. 

Name them. 

Where was the seventh appearance ? 

Ans. At the Sea of Tiberias. 

Who were present on this occasion l 

For what were they there ? 

Ans. To besdn a<rain their old business as fish- 
ermen. 

How long* were they engaged in their work ? 

What success did they have ? 

When did they see the Lord ? 

Ans. When the morning was come. 

Did they know Him ? 

What did He ask them ? 

Ans. "Children, have ye any meat ;" that is, have 
ye caught any fish ? 

When they answered Him, " No," what did He 
command ? 

What followed, when they had obeyed Him ? 

What did the great multitude of fishes prove to 
St. John. 

Ans. That the speaker was the Lord. 



THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 73 

II. 

How can S. John call this the third appearance ? 
S. John xxi, 14. 

Ans. It was the third to the assembled disciples. 

What other names had the Sea of Tiberias ? S. 
Mat. iv, 18. S. Luke v, i. 

Why was it called " Sea of Tiberias? " 

What other town on its western shore ? 

Which of the disciples present on this occasion 
was native of this town ? S. John i, 44. 

What do we know of Nathanael ? S. John i, 47. 

Who were the sons of Zebedee ? 

Did these men yet believe fully in the risen Jesus ? 

Why do you think so ? 

Of what former scene did the command of Jesus 
and its effect, remind them? S. Luke v, 4, 5, 6. 

What did S. Peter? S. John xxi, 7. 

When the net was dragged to land, how many 
fish were taken ? 

What did the disciples find on the land ? 

How must we suppose this was provided ? Com- 
pare I. Kings xix, 6. 

What was this great draught of fishes designed to 
teach ? 

Ans. The success of their ministry in His Name. 
Compare S. Luke v, 10. 

When they had dined, what did the Lord ask S. 
Peter ? 

How many times did He ask the question ? 

To what did this refer? S. Luke xxii, 33, 34, 61. 

What did Jesus declare to be the certain proof 

that we love Him ? 
4 



74 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

11 Loves t thou Me ? " I hear my Saviour say : 
Would that my heart had power to answer, 1 1 Yea ! 
Thou knowest all things, Lord, in Heaven above 
And earth beneath; Thou knowest that I love." 

But 'tis not so ; in word, in deed, in thought, 
I do not; cannot, love Thee as I ought ; 
Thy love must give that power, Thy Jove alone ; 
There's nothing worthy of Thee but Thine own ; 
Lord, with the love wherewith Thou lovest me, 
Reflected on Thyself, I would love Thee. 



LESSON XXVI. 

The Appearance on the Mountain in Galilee, 
S. Matthew xxviii, 13-20 

I. 

How many appearances of the Lord after His 
Resurrection have we learned ? 

Ans. Seven. 

Name them. 

Where was this eighth appearance ? 

Ans. In Galilee. 

Why did the eleven disciples go to this particular 
place to meet Him ? 

Ans. Because He had told them to do so. 

When they saw Him there, what did they ? 






THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 75 

Ans. They worshipped Him. 

Whom alone had He taught them they might wor- 
ship ? 

Whom then did they believe Him to be, if they 
worshipped Him? 

And if He allowed them to worship Him, what 
did He thereby declare ? 

Ans. That He is God. 

Did all who saw Him worship Him ? 

Ans. #No,' some doubted. 

What did He tell them had been given to Him ? 

Ans. All power in heaven and earth. 

What commandment did He give them ? 

II. 

When had our Lord appointed this place of meet- 
ing in Galilee ? S. Mat. xxvi, 32 ; xxviii, 7. 

Who were present on this occasion ? 

Can it have been any of the eleven who now 
doubted, after what had happened in Jerusalem ? 

Who may have been present on this occasion ? I. 
Cor. xv, 6. 

But to whom does S. Matthew say His great com- 
mission was given ? 

What two things did He command the eleven 
Apostles to do ? 

i. To teach, or make disciples of all nations. 

2. To baptize in the name of the Trinity. 

What things only were they to teach ? 

Who would bring these things to their remem- 
brance ? 



76 THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

How may we know what those things were ? II. 
Tim. iii, 16, 17. 

Must they teach a man all these things before 
they baptized him ? 

Ans. No, make him a disciple, that is, a learner, 
and then baptize him. 
I Why may we baptize little children ? 

Ans. Because Jesus called them to Himself, and 
because their sponsors promise for them, that they 
will be learners. 

Why does Jesus give this commandment to His 
Apostles? 

Ans. Because all power is His. 

Could Apostles unaided, make men disciples ? 

What promise emboldens them to go forth ? 

Ans. Verse 20. 

How is He with them now ? 

Ans. H£ is with them whom they sent in their 
place, by His commandment. 

Though the commission was given at this time, 
did He not appear unto them again before they 
began to labor in His name ? Acts i, 4. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

The Son of God goes forth to war, 

A kingly crown to gain ; 
His blood-red banner streams afar : 

Who follows in His train ? 

A glorious band, the chosen few 

On whom the Spirit came ; 
Twelve warrior saints, the truth they knew, 

And braved the cross and flame. 

They climbed the dizzy steep of Heaven, 
Through peril, toil and flame ; 

O God ! to us may grace be given 
To follow in their train. 



LESSON XXVII. 
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The Last Appearance of JESUS to hi3 Disciples, 
Acts i, 4-8. 

I. 

Row many appearances of the Lord after His 
resurrection have we learned ? 

Ans. Eight. 

Name them. 

Where was His last appearance ? 

Ans. At Jerusalem. 

How long was it after His resurrection ? 

Ans. Forty days. 

To whom was this last appearance ? 

Ans. All the Apostles. 

What commandment had He given them at the 
last meeting ? 

What commandment does He now give ? 

For what must they wait before they began their 
work? 

Ans. The coming of the promised Comforter. 

What does He say this Comforter will bring 
them ? 

Ans. Power. 

Power to enable them to do what ? 

Ans. To be witnesses of the facts of His life and 
death : and of the truth He had spoken. 

To whom should they be witnesses ? 

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'to THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

Ans. To all nations. 

Has this witness been borne to all nations ? 

What then is the duty of the Church of Christ ? 

Who will give us the power ? 

Ans. The Holy Ghost. 

II. 

Was there not another appearance of our risen 
Lord besides those we have learned ? I. Cor. xv, 

7- 

Which James, probably, was this? Gal. i, 19. 

What position did he hold which might lead us to 
expect this particular appearance to him ? Acts 
xv, 13, 19. 

How do you explain the return of the Apostles to 
Jerusalem so soon after their going to Galilee to 
meet the Lord ? 

Ans. They came to keep the Feast of Pentecost. 
Deut. xvi, 9, 10. 

How do you know the time which had now passed 
since the Resurrection ? Acts i, 3. 

During all this time, at all His meetings with them, 
of what had He spoken ? 

When had they heard of Him the promise of the 
Comforter? S. John xvi, 7. 

When did He say the Spirit would be given? 
Verse 5. 

Who was this John who baptized with water ? 

What prophecy had he spoken of the gift of the 
Holy Ghost? S.Luke hi, 16. 

What hope did this saying of the Lord in Acts i, 
5 7 rjise in the minds of the Apostles? 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 79 

Ans. The immediate establishment of the king- 
dom of which He had been talking, and which they 
understood to be the earthly kingdom of Israel? 
See verse 6. 

What answer did He make ? 

What does this teach us about the speculations of 
men to find out the time of Christ's coming ? 

How does He now correct their understanding 
of the commission he had given, and the authority 
He must give ? Verse 8. 

What is the extent of their power? 

Ans. To be witnesses unto Him. 

How only can we be witnesses unto Him ? 

How may we all obtain this spirit of grace and 
strength? S. Luke xi, 13. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

I will not leave you comfortless, though sorrow fill your heart ; 

It is in mercy from you all that I awhile depart. 

Unto my Father's own right hand, I must for you ascend, 

To send from thence a Comforter, a blessed Guide and Friend. 



Oh, Saviour, though Thy word to us be far beyond our 

thought, 
We know not how Thine absence drear can be with blessing 

fraught, 
Yet lovingly we trust Thee, Lord, for Thou wilt ne'er deceive, 
We wait in humble confidence Thy Spirit to receive. 



LESSON XXVIII. 
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The Ascension. 



S. Luke xxiv, 50-53, 



Where did we learn that the Lord last appeared 
to His disciples ? 

How long was it after His resurrection ? 

Where did He lead them ? 

Am. Towards Bethany. 

How far was Bethany from Jerusalem ? 

Am. About two miles. 

What was the last act of the Lord on earth ? 

Am. " He lifted up His hands and blessed them." 

What came to pass while He was blessing them ? 

Did the disciples see how He was carried to 
Heaven ? 

Am. No, a cloud received Him out of their sight. 

What act did they then perform ? 

Am. They worshipped Him. 

Would they have done so if they had not learned 
from Him that He is God ? 

How did they return to Jerusalem ? 

Am. With great joy. 

How did they pass the time they were waiting for 
the Comforter ? 

Am. Praising and blessing God in His templeo 

(80) 



THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY. 81 

II. 

From what particular place did the Lord ascend ? 

How do we know this? Acts i, 12. 

How do we know that He did not go with His 
disciples to the village of Bethany ? Acts i, 12. 

While they looked after Him, who stood by them ? 
Acts i, 1 o. 

How were they clothed ? 

What did they say unto them ? Acts i, 11. 

What lesson is taught us by their question ? 

Ans. That our life must not be all meditation 
about Christ, but must be also work for Him. 

What did these angels promise ? 

What do you understand by "in like manner?" 
See S. Luke xxi, 27. 

What precious truth does the Ascension assure us 
of? Heb. ix, 24. 

What was the attitude of mind of the Apostles 
when they returned to Jerusalem ? 

Ans. That of believing expectation. 

What did they expect ? 

Ans. The coming of the Holy Ghost to make 
the Church a powerful witness to the ascended 
Lord. 

What proves this ? 

Ans. Tliey made ready for His coming by com- 
pleting the number of the Apostles. Acts i, 21, 22. 

To whom did they pray for guidance ? Acts i, 
24. 

What should ever be the attitude of Christ's 
Church until His coming again? Acts i, 14. 
4* 



82 THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY. 

But, expecting the Holy Ghost to make it pow- 
erful, of what must it always be careful ? 

An s. That the human instrument which the Lord 
appoints, shall be perfect and complete, and lacking 
nothing. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day* 

He is gone ; and we remain 
In the world of sin and pain, 
In this void which He has left ; 
On this earth, of Him bereft, 
We have still his work to do, 
We can still His path pursue ; 
Seek Him both in friend and foe 
la ourselves His Image show. 



LESSOR XXIX. 

The Outpouring of the Holy Ghost 

ACTSii, 1-4. 

I. 

What does the word Pentecost mean * 
Ans. Fiftieth. 

Why was this Feast of the Jews, so caltear- 
Ans. Because it was kept on the fiftieth dztf du.* 
the Passover. 



WHITSUN-DAY. 83 

How long then was it after our Lord's Ascension ? 

In what state of mind were the disciples during, 
those days? 

Ans. A state of believing expectation. 

What did they believe ? 

Ans. That Jesus would fulfil His promise. 

What did they then expect ? 

Ans. The coming of the Holy Ghost, Whom He 
had promised to send. 

How was His coming announced ? 

Ans. By a sound from Heaven, like that of a 
rushing mighty wind. 

How was His Presence declared ? 

Ans. By a tongue like fire resting on the head of 
each one. 

Was the Holy Ghost in the tongue of fire ? 

Ans. No, it was a sign that He was present. 

What effect was produced by His coming ? 

Ans. The disciples began to speak in languages 
they had never learned. 

For what purpose was this power given ? 

Ans. To enable the Apostles to preach the 
Gospel to all nations. 

To whom is the Holy Ghost -now given? 

Ans. To all who ask for Him in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

What power does His coming give to us ? 

Ans. Power to believe in Jesus and to do God's 
works, and whatever He wills us to do. 

II. 

How many great Festivals had the Jews ? Ex. 
xxiii, 14-17. 



84 WHITSUN-DAY. 

By what other names did they call the Feast of 
First Fruits ? 

Ans. The Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost. 

Why was it so called? Lev. xxiii, 15, 16. 

W T hat was the fulfilment of that which had been 
signified by the Feast of the Passover ? I. Cor. v, 

7.8. 

What was the fulfilment of that which had been 
signified by the Feast of Pentecost? Acts ii, 41. 

By what name do we call the Feast of Pentecost ? 

Why do we call it so ? 

Who were assembled on the day of Pentecost? 
Acts i. 15. 

In what place were they probably assembled ? S. 
Luke xxiv, 53. 

At what time of day was the miracle of the Spirit's 
coming? Acts ii, 15. 

What promise was then fulfilled ? Acts i, 5. 

What had Jesus declared the Holy Ghost should 
do for them? S. John xvi, 13. S. Mark xiii, 11. 

How were these promises fulfilled ? Acts ii, 4, 38. 

Had not the Holy Ghost influenced men before 
that day ? 

Ans. Yes, but now He came in greater measure 
than ever before, and came to abide among men. 
Joel ii, 28, 29. 

Where does He dwell ? I. Cor. vi, 19. I. Peter 

ii, 5. 

Why is Whitsunday a great Church Festival ? 

Ans. Because it commemorates a fact without 
which the Christian scheme of salvation were a 
mockery to man. I. Cor. xii, 3. 



WHITSUN-DAY. 85 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Holy Ghost ! with light divine 

Shine upon this heart of mine; 
Chase the shades of night away, 

Turn my darkness into day. 

Holy Ghost ! with power divine, 

Cleanse this guilty heart of mine; 
Long hath sin without control, 

Held dominion o'er my soul. 

Holy Ghost ! Thou Lord divine, 

Dwell within this heart of mine; 
Cast down every idol-throne, 

Reign supreme and reign alone. 



LESSON XXX. 

The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity. 

S. Mat. xxviii, 19. 

I. 

Who spake these words ? 

What do you understand by "baptizing in the 
Name of " ? 

Ans. Baptizing into the belief in the Person or 
Persons, whose Name is so used. 

How many persons does Jesus command us to 
believe in ? 

Ans. Three. 



80 TRINITY SUNDAY. 

What are their Names ? 

Does He teach us then to believe in three Gods ? 

Ans. No, He says God is One. 

What then does He command us to believe ? 

Ans. That the One God whom we worship is 
three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

What does He tell us that God the Father did for 
us? 

Ans, He created us. 

What does He tell us that God the Son did for us ? 

Ans. He redeemed us. 

What does He tell us that God the Holy Ghost 
does for us ? 

Ans. He sanctifies us, or makes us holy. 

Can we understand how God is One, and yet 
Three ? 

Ans. No, but we can believe it. 

Why do we believe it? 

Ans. Because Jesus declared it to be true. 

II. 

What does Jesus declare to be the first and 
greatest commandment? S. Mark xii, 29, 30. 

Could this commandment be obeyed if there were 
more than One God ? 

What did Jesus declare Himself to be ? S. Luke 
xxii, 70. 

What attributes of God's nature did He claim to 
possess ? 

1. Eternal existence. S. John viii, 58. 

2. Omnipresence. S. Mat. xviii, 20. 



TRINITY SUNDAY. 87 

3. Omnipotence. S. Mat. xxviii, 18. 

4. Right to be worshipped. S. John v, 23- 
How then does He explain that yet there are not 

two Gods, but only one ? S. John x, 30. 

Why do we believe that the Holy Spirit Is a Per- 
son? 

Ans, Because Jesus speaks of Him as such. S. 
John xvi, 7. 

Why do we believe Him to be God ? 

Ans. Because attributes of God are ascribed to 
Him in the Scripture. 

1. Eternal existence. Hebrews ix, 14. 

2. Omnipresence. S. John xvi, 3. 

3. Omnipotence. S. Luke i, 35. Rom. xv, 19. 
Why do we believe that these Three Persons are 

equal, and are One God ? 

Ans. Because the Scriptures so teach — calling 
each one God, and yet declaring that there is but 
one God. 

Can we understand this ? 

How can we believe what we cannot understand ? 

How will belief in this strange doctrine help to 
make us holy ? 

1. Because God is Father, He is ready to hear 
our prayers and to receive us to Himself. S. Luke 
xi, 2. S. John xiv, 2. 

2. Because God is Redeemer, all sin may be 
pardoned, S. John iii, 16. I. S. John ii, 1, 2. 

3. Because God is Holy Ghost, He is with us 
always to strengthen and sanctify and save. S. 
John xiv, 16. 



88 TRINITY SUNDAY. 

Repeat the Colled for the Day. 

Father, Thou hast made us, Thine own work are we, 
Sing we then for ever, Glory be to Thee ; 
Joyfully we praise Thee for this world so fair, 
Fashion'd into beauty by a Father's care. 

With Thy blood, Lord Jesus, Thou didst us redeem, 
And Thy praise shall ever be Thy children's theme, 
■ -- From sin's fierce dominion, Thou didst set us free, 
Son of God most holy, Glory be to Thee. 

Thou dost sanctify us> Holy Spirit blest, 
For Thou dwellest ever in Thy children's breast. 
Therefore will we love Thee, and Thy law obey, 
Praising Thee, blest Spirit, ever day by day. 

Holy, Holy, Holy, God whose Name is love, 
Three in One for ever on Thy throne above ; 
Holy, Holy, Holy, Blessed One in Three, 
God, Who art, and wast, and evermore shalt be. 



LESSON XXXI. 

Keeping GOD'S Commandments the only Proof of Real Piety. 

S. LuKExvi, 19-31. 

I. 

Through what seasons of the Christian year have 
we passed ? 

What doctrine did the Church teach us in Advent ? 
What fact and doctrine at Christmas ? 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 89 

What at Epiphany ? 

What at Easter ? 

What at Whitsunday ? 

How are all the Sundays to come, named ? 

What lessons does the Church teach in them ? 

Ans. The practical duties of Christians, rather 
than Christian doctrines. 

With what great lesson does she begin to-day ? 

Ans. That keeping God's commandments is the 
only proof that we are Christians. 

What does Jesus say is the second great com- 
mandment ? 

Ans. That we love our neighbour as ourself 

If we do not love our neighbours and treat them 
kindly, can we hope that we love God ? 

A&$. No, Jesus says God is the Father of all 
men, and if we do not love His children we may be 
sure we do not love Him. 

II. 

"What relation was there between the rich man 
and Lazarus ? 

What was the duty then of the rich man to him ? 

What right have we to think that the rich man 
knew his duty? Lev. xix, 18. 

To whom did he appeal in Hades? S. Luke 
xvi, 24. 

What did he claim by making this appeal ? 

Was this place of torment, that which we call 
"hell/' the place of final punishment ? 

Ans. No, another word is used for it in Scripture ; 
and this is better called Hades ; that is, the unseen. 



90 THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

What answer does Abraham make ? Vs. 25. 

What does this prove ? 

Ans. That not knowledge of God's laws but 
keeping them, secures His favor. 

But may not disobedience in this world be atoned 
for by suffering and prayer in Hades? Vs. 26. 

But can every man who wills keep God's com- 
mandments ? 

Ans. He can make constant effort, and gain 
gradual success. 

How can he be strong to make effort ? II. Cor. 
xii, 9. 

How can sufficient grace be obtained ? S. Luke 
xi, 13. 

But may we not expect a miracle to teach us to 
believe, and compel us to strive to obey? Vs. 30, 

3 1 - 

What does this answer teach us ? 

Ans. That sufficient evidence, and sufficient 
grace for salvation is surely given to all to whom 
God's message comes. 

Did the Jews believe when Lazarus had come 
back from the dead ? S. John xi, 53. 

Has not this very evidence been now given to men ? 

What two lessons may we learn from this day's 
service? (a) S. John xiv, 21. (/>) S. John xvi, 23. 
I. Thes. v, 17. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Heirs of unending life, 

While yet we sojourn here, 

O let us our salvation work 
With trembling and with fear. 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 91 

God will support our hearts 

With might before unknown, 
The work to be performed is ours, 

The strength is all His own. 

'Tis He that works to will, 

'Tis He that works to do ; 
His is the power by which we act, 

His be the glory too. 



LESSON XXXII. 

The Neglect of GOD'S calls. 
S. Lukexiv, 15-24. 



Who spake these words ? 
Where was He when He spake them ? 
What did He mean to teach by this story? 
Ans. The relation of God to men. 
What has God prepared for men ? 
Ans. A feast of joy in Heaven. 
How do men know this ? 
Ans. He sent His servants to tell them. 
Who came first to prepare the feast, and to call 
us to it ? 

Ans, Jesus the Son of God. 
Who else came to call us ? 
Ans. The Holy Ghost. 



92 THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 






Who else urged us to accept the invitation ? 

Ans. God's ministers. 

How do we accept it ? 

Ans. By believing the ministers and striving to 
get ready to go to the feast. 

If we do not agree to go, will having been called 
do us any good ? 

Ans. No. 

II. 

What is a Parable ? 

Ans. A story of every day life, meant to illustrate 
the truth. 

What do we call this Parable ? 

Ans. The Parable of the Great Supper. 

What spiritual truth is it designed to teach ? 

Ans. That God's invitations to salvation may be 
accepted or refused by man's will. 

To whom did our Lord refer as having been 
called long ago? Jeremiah vii, 25, 26. 

What servant was sent to say that all things were 
ready? S. Mat. iii, 1, 2. 

How had the summons been received ? 

What did He mean by the directions then given 
to the servants? S. Mat. xxviii, 19. 

But has not the Parable also an exclusive refer- 
ence to the inhabitants of the Christian world ? 

How have we been all called to the Gospel feast ? 
S. Mark xvi, 20. S. John xvi, 8. 

What different excuses are made by men to post- 
pone their becoming professed Christians ? 

Was there any sin in what these men said they 
must do ? 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 93 

Why then is God represented as angry? S. Mat. 

vi, 33, 34- 

To what result do all these excuses come ? Acts 
xxiv, 25. 

What threatening is here written for the children 
of the Church, who refuse to accept their invitation ? 
S. Luke xiv, 24. 

Whom must we understand by those we are sent 
to call " in the streets and lanes of the city ? " S. 
Mat. xxi, 31. 

Who are those in the highways and hedges ? Eph. 
ii, 12. 

W T hat lesson may we learn from this day's service ? 

Ans. That mere privilege and knowledge will not 
secure salvation, but we must heartily accept God's 
offered mercy. Rom. x, 9. 

What representation hath Jesus appointed on 
earth, of the heavenly feast ? 

For what purpose does the Prayer Book say He 
appointed it ? See Prayer at the end of the 
Communion office. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Come, children, to the Gospel Feast, 

Oh ! come without delay ; 
For there is room in Jesus' breast 

For all who will obey. 

There's room around Thy Father's board, 
For thee and thousands more, 

Oh ! come and welcome to the Lord, 
Yes, come this very hour. 



LESSON XXXIII. 

Pfayer prompted by GOD'S Spirit : therefore GOD will hear it. 
S. Matthew vii, 7-11. _ 



Who spake these words ? 

Where was He when He spake them ? 

What reason does He give, which renders it sure 
that God will hear our prayer ? 

Ans. That a man will hear his child's prayer. 

But how do we know God loves us as children ? 

Ans. Jesus tells us so, and bids us call God, 
Father. 

What proof, does He say, God gave that He 
loved us ? 

Ans. He sent His Only Begotten Son to die for 
us? 

When Jesus ascended, Whom did He say He 
would send? 

Ans. The Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

For what would He send Him ? 

Ans. To help us to believe what He had taught 
us, that God is our Father. 

If He teaches us that God is our Father, what 
will He teach us to do ? 

A?is. To pray to God as our Father. 

But if God sends His spirit to teach us to pray to 
Him, of what may we be sure ? 

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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 95 

Ans. That He will hear and answer our prayers. 
How then should we go to God ? 
Ans. With all our troubles, just as we go to our 
father on earth. 

II. 

What is the natural feeling of fallen man toward 
his God? Genesis iii, 8, 9, 10. 

What is the first mention of prayer that we find ? 
Gen. iv, 26. 

Of what event is this apparently the consequence ? 
Gen. iv, 26. 

In what light was the birth of Enos regarded ? 

Ans. As a renewal of the promise of Eden. 
Gen. iii, 15. 

Was prayer then prompted by the Holy Spirit ? 

What difference between the gift of the Holy 
Ghost, before and after the resurrection of Jesus ? 

On what ground does Christian prayer rest ? S. 
Mat. vii, 7. 

How is this command of Christ illustrated? S. 
Mat. vi, 9. 

But how can men believe that God is their 
Father? S. John i, 12. 

How alone can we believe in Jesus ? I. Cor. xii, 

3- 

And how may we know that we believe in Him ? 
I. S. John iii, 24. 

And this Spirit Whom He gives us teaches what ? 
Rom. viii, 15, 16. 

Of what then is our disposition to pray to God an 
evidence? Acts ix, 11. 



96 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

But if prayer is prompted by God's spirit, what 
condition will always be added to our prayers ? S. 
Luke xxii, 42. 

How may we know for what we may pray ? S. 
Mat. vi, 9-13. 

But may we ask for nothing, save in these words ? 
S. John xiv, 13, 14. 

What lesson may we learn from to-day's services. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

Father, teach us to pray aright, 
With reverence and with fear; 

Though dust and ashes in thy sight, 
We may, we must draw near. 

Teach us to say, "Thy will be done ; '• 
Then, strengthened with all might, 

We, through the Spirit of Thy Son, 
Shall pray, and pray aright 



LESSON" XXXIV. 
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The Things Temporal and the Things Eternal. 
S. Luke xiii, 24-31. 



What do you mean by "the things temporal "? 
What do you mean by " the things eternal "? 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 97 

What do we learn from the collect about the two 
lives ? 

Ans. That our eternal life depends for its char- 
acter on our life in this world. 

What must we become in order that we may attain 
< ternal life ? 

Ans. The children of God. 

How only can we become such ? 

Ans. By believing in God's Son, Jesus Christ. 

But who alone can make us believe in Him ? 

Ans. The Holy Ghost. 

How may we secure His help ? 

Ans. By earnest prayer. 

But if we believe in Him, what will we do ? 

Ans. Try to keep His commandments and to be 
nke Him. 

And if we do not try to keep His commandments 
and to be like Him in this life, may we hope for life 
eternal ? 

What two things then are needed that we may get 
eternal life ? 

Ans. Prayer to God for His help, and hard try- 
ing on our part to be a® Jesus was. 

II. 

On what does Christ say will depend our con- 
dition in the eternal world? S. Mat. xxv. 31-46. 
S. Luke xiii, 25-28. 

But does He not say differently in another place ? 
S. Mark xvi, 16. 

How does S. Paul say that we are saved, if at all? 
Ephesians ii, 8. 



dS THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 

What da you mean by " grace? ,T 

What do you understand by " faith ? rr 

If we believe in Christ, what does He say we 
will do ? S. John xiv, 23. 

How does He teach this in another way by an il- 
lustration from nature ? S. John xv, 5, 

How then, are we saved, or, do we attain the things 
eternal ? 

Ans.. By faith in Jesus Christ ; but faith which 
does not lead to keeping His commandments, He 
says, is no* faith. 

But what does S. Paul say about our ability to 
keep God's commandments? Rom. vii, 19;: viii, 2, 

More than this,, what does S. Paul say about our 
ability to believe in Jesus ? I. Cor. xii, 3, 

But in whom does Christ say is the Holy Ghost 
ready to teach faith in Him, and to give strength to 
keep His commandments? S. Luke xi, 13, 

On whom then, at last, does a man's eternal lif<, 
depend ? 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

My soul, be on thy guard, 

Ten thousand foes arise ; 
And hosts of sin arc pressing hard, 

To draw thee from the skies. 

Oh ! watch and fight and pray, 

The battle ne'er give o'er; 
Renew it boldly every day, 

And help divine implore. 

Ne'er think the victory won 

Nor once at ease sit down ; 
Thy arduous work will not be done 

Till thou hast got thy crown. 



LESSON XXXV. 
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GOD orders all things ; therefore the believer should serve Him 
in godly quietness. 

S. Luke v. 3-11. 

I. 

Why was the Lord sitting in the ship ? 

When He had finished speaking, what did the 
Lord say to Simon ? 

What did Simon answer ? 

What was the result of his obedience ? 

How was Simon Peter affected by the ship be- 
ginning to sink ? 

Ought he to have been afraid ? 

Why was he afraid ? 

Ans. Because he did not believe. 

What should this teach us, when we are disap- 
pointed in our efforts after what we seek ? 

Ans. Jesus controls all things, and He will in 
His own time fill our nets. 

And if the nets begin to break and the ship to 
sink, must we be afraid ? 

Ans. No, for He is close by us, and will not suf- 
fer us to be hurt if we only believe. 

What does the collect teach us to pray for ? 

And if we believe that our Father hears our pray- 
ers, and orders the course of this world, how should 
we live ? 

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100 THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Ans, Serving Him in quietness, because we trust 
Him to care for us. 

II. 

What lesson did our Lord mean to teach His 
disciples by this miraculous draught of fishes ? S. 
Mat. xxviii, 18. 

Mention some other occasions when He tried to 
teach them the same lesson ? 

Why was it specially needed by these particular 
men? Acts, i, 8. 

But must we not learn it, if we would be happy 
and useful ? 

What is the only comfort, to the Christian, in time 
of trouble ? S. Mat. xiv, 27. 

And what the only means of comfort he can em- 
ploy? S. James v, 13. 

And his comfort will be in exact proportion to 
what? S. Mat. ix. 29. 

Does this scene teach us that the answer . to our 
prayers and wishes may seemingly bring great ca- 
lamity? Verses 6, 7. 

But if we really believe, will we be afraid ? 

Though what confession will be natural to us? 
Verse 8. 

Why does the collect for to-day, teach us to pray 
for godly quietness only to the Church ? 

Ans. Because all who believe in Jesus are com- 
manded to be in the Church, and to the Church are 
all His promises made. 

Who are the Church according to the Prayer 
Book? 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 101 

Ans. "The blessed company of all faithful 
people," all who believe and have been baptized. 

What is their portion in this life ? 

Ans. Quiet content and patient waiting, oecause 
they believe. 

Have others any right to quietness or content? 
IT Thes. i, 7, 8, 9. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

My Saviour, as Thou wilt ! 

All shall be well for me : 
Each changing future scene 

I gladly trust with thee. 
Straight to my home above, 

I travel calmly on, 
And sing, in life or death, 

My Lord, Thy will be done I 



LESSON XXXYI. 

Only Real Love of GOD, gives a Title to Heaven's Good Things. 
S. Mat. v, 20. 



Who spake these words ? 

Were the Pharisees members of God's Church? 
Ans. Yes, they were the teachers of it. 
How much knowledge did they have of God's 
law? 



102 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Ans They knew it all so well that they could tell 
the letter that was the middle of the whole Book. 

Did they practice what they knew ? 

Ans. Yes, in letter, but not in spirit. 

What does Christ then here say about the 
righteousness that God desires in men ? 

Ans. That great knowledge about Him, and 
careful performance of His commands, will not 
make it, if one thing is wanting. 

What is that one thing ? 

Ans. Love in the heart. 

Will being baptised secure salvation for us ? 

Ans. Not unless we love and fear God. 

What is the first commandment that God gives 
us? 

Ans. That we believe His Son and worship Him. 

But if we love His Son Jesus and try to serve Him, 
of what have we the sure promise ? 

Ans. " Such good things as pass man's under- 
standing ; " to be with Him where He is. 

II. 

Who were the Pharisees ? 

Who were the Scribes ? 

Were all Scribes, Pharisees? 

What other sect do we read of in the Bible ? 

What does our Lord say of their knowledge of 
God's law ? S. Mat. xxiii, 3. 

What does He say of their practice about prayer ? 
S. Mat. xxiii, 14. 

What does He say of their gifts to God ? S. 
Mat. xxiii, 23. 



THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 103 

What motive does He say prompted their doings? 
S. Mat. xxiii, 5. 

What then may -we learn about the value of a mere 
profession of religion? S. Luke xiii, 26, 27. 

How did the Pharisees prove that in spite of ail 
their knowledge and their practice, they did not love 
God? S. John viii, 47 ; xi, 47, 53. 

Can a man say that he loves God and yet refuse 
to believe His Son ? S. John v ? 22, 23. 

How did God make men know that Jesus is His 
own Son ? Rom. i, 4. 

For whom are the good tilings of Heaven pre- 
pared ? 

How alone can we prove our love to God ? 

How alone is there promise to man of eternal 
life ? I. John v, jjc, 12. 

But how alone can we learn to love and worship 
Jesus ? 

Ans. By the teaching of the Holy Ghost, 

What then must we ever do ? S. Luke xiii, 24. 
xviii. 1. 



Repeat the Collect for the 2Day a 

Attend, O Earth, whilst I declare 
God's uncontroll'd decree : 
*'Thou art My Son, this day My heir 
Have I begotten Thee. ,J 

Appease the Son, with due respee^ 

Your timely homage pay; 
Lest He revenge the bold neglect, 

Incensed by your delay. 

If but in part, His anger rise, 
Who can endure the flame ! 

Then blest are they, whose hope relies 
On His most Holy Name. 



LESSON XXXVIL 
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CHRIST by Feeding Men's Bodies, proves that He can and will 
feed Their Souls. 

S. Mark viii, 1-9. 



How many persons were in this multitude ? 

What did Jesus feel toward them ? 

How long had they been with Him ? 

Why, did He say, He could not send them to 
their homes to get food ? 

What did His disciples assure Him ? 

What did Jesus do ? 

How much was left over after they all had eaten ? 

Whose power alone can make seven loaves and a 
few small fishes, sufficient for so many? 

Ans. God's. 

What did this prove then of Jesus? 

Do not our souls need food to satisfy them as w r ell 
as our bodies ? 

Who alone can supply it ? 

Ans. God who created them. 

But if Jesus is God to feed our bodies, and claims 
to be God to feed- our souls, must we not believe 
Him ? 

What does He say is the true bread of Heaven 
to feed the soul ? 

Ans. His own Body. 

What does He mean by that ? 

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THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 105 

Ans. That His death pardons our sin, and that 
the soul which believes it, feeds on it, and is satisfied. 

II. 

What does a miracle, for a good end, prove ? S. 
John iii, 2. 

And Jesus claimed to have come for what ? S. 
John x, i o. vi, 40. 

For what food is man's soul hungry ? 

Ans. The favor of God. 

What food does Jesus say He offers to men ? S. 
JoHNvi, 50, 51. 

How does this food impart the satisfaction to the 
soul? S. John iii, 14, 15, 16. 

How can we take and eat the Body of Christ ? 

A?is. It is given to feed the soul, and therefore 
must be eaten by the soul, that is by faith ? S. John 

vi, 35- 

What do you understand Christ to mean, by 
telling us to eat His flesh and drink His blood ? 

Ans. To satisfy our souls by believing that His 
death will avail for our pardon and our eternal life. 

When the loaves w r ere distributed in the wdlderness 
was there enough for all ? 

Is the death of Christ sufficient for the life of all 
men? Heb. vii, 25. See Consecration Prayer in 
the Communion Service. 

What means has Christ appointed to help us to 
feed on His Body and Blood ? S. Luke xxii, 19, 20. 

Is the Body of Christ taken and eaten in the 
Holy Supper ? 



106 THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Ans. See Article xxviii, in the Prayer Book. 

How should the faithful soul be satisfied by par- 
taking of this supper? See Prayer at the end of the 
Communion Office. 

How alone may we be sure that we do feed on the 
Body of Jesus? II. Cor. iv, 10. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Bread of the world, in mercy broken, 

Wine of the soul, in mercy sied, 
By Whom the words of life were spoken, 

And in Whose death our sins are dead \ 
Look on the heart by sorrow t roken, 

Look on the tears by sinners shed, 
And be Thy feast to us the token 

That by Thy grace our souls are fed. 



LESSON XXXYIIL 
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Our Holy Living the Proof that we are GOD'S Sons. 
S. Mat. vii ; 15-21. 

I. 

Why would a wolf wear a sheep's skin ? 

Aits. To deceive that he might destroy, and if 
he were wise the wolf would keep silent or else imi- 
tate the sheep's voice. 



THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 107 

How does the Lord say we must judge any one 
wearing a pleasing appearance ? 

Ans. By his acts. 

May a man seem to be a Christian when he is not 
really so ? 

Ans. Yes, by putting on the Christian's uniform, 
going to Church and the Communion, and speaking 
Christian words. 

How does the Lord say we must judge all men ? 

Ans. By their works. 

And must we not so judge ourselves ? 

If we say our prayers every day and read our 
Bible, may we be sure that we are Christ's chil- 
dren ? 

Ans. Not unless we try always to do what Christ 
says. 

Has not Christ given us His Holy Spirit ? 

And if we will try hard, what will that Spirit help 
us to do ? 

Ans. To live as Christians ? 

And if we are not so living what may we know ? 

Ans. That we are not trying. 

And if this be so, will it do us any good that we 
are baptized, and say prayers and go to Church ? 

What does Christ say is the only proof that we 
are His ? 

Ans. " By their fruits ye shall know them." 

II. 

Of whom does our Lord bid us here to beware ? 
What does He mean by their coming to us in 
sheep's clothing, while they are ravening wolves ? 



108 THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

How does He say we must judge of their real 
character ? 

Why is it not possible to gather grapes of thistles ? 
Gen. i, 12. 

Is this test applicable to hearers as well as teach- 
ers, even to all men ? Verse 18, 19. 
I What does our Lord teach us to be the fruits of a 
man's life? Verse 21. 

Will our prayers prove that we are God's sons ? 
Verse 21. 

Will our feelings about Him ? 

Will preaching in His name ? 

Will our receiving His Sacraments ? 

Will working miracles in His name ? 

What is the only satisfying proof ? 

Because if we are really God's sons, what has He 
given us? Rom. viii, 15. 

But what will this Spirit surely do ? Rom. viii, 

And what will be manifested in our daily life? 
II. Cor. iv, 10. 

How then are the children of God made manifest, 
to themselves, and to all ? I. S. John hi, 10. 

But Who alone can make us " do righteousness ? " 

Am. The Holy Ghost. 

What then must be a Christian's life ? 

Ans. Prayer for the Spirit, and effort to obey 
Christ's commandments. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Thou strictly hast enjoined us, Lord, 

To learn Thy sacred will ; 
And all our diligence employ, 

Thy statutes to fulfill. 



THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 109 

O then that Thy most holy will 

Might o'er my way preside, 
And I the course of all my life 

By Thy direction guide. 



LESSON XXXIX. 
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Children of this World, wiser than Children of the Light. 
S. Luke xvi, 1-9. 



What do you understand by a " steward ? " 

Of what was this steward accused ? 

Did his master believe the charge against him ? 

What did the master say ? 

What course did the steward resolve to follow ? 

Was this course honest ? 

What do you understand by his telling the man 
who owed " an hundred measures of oil," to write 
on his bill fifty ? 

A?is. He made a bargain with him to take half 
what he owed in payment of the whole, if he would 
give him a home. 

What did the steward's master say when he heard 
of the steward's doings ? 

Arts. He commended him as doing wisely, that 
is, not honestly, but shrewdly. 



110 THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

What lesson does our Lord draw from this for 
His stewards ? 

Ans % That we keep always in mind the account 
we have to give at the judgment day. 

II. 

Who are meant by the children of this world ? 
Compare S. Luke xx, 34. 

What do you understand by the saying, " wise in 
their generation ? " 

Who are the "children of light?" I. Thes. 

v, 5- 

What makes Christians, children of the light? S. 
John xii, 36. 

In what does the greater wisdom of the worldly 
minded consist ? Verse 3. 

Of what, are Christians, stewards? 

When must their stewardship end ? 

How may we make to ourselves friends of the 
mammon of unrighteousness? S. Luke xii, 33. 
xiv, 13, 14. Acts x, 4. 

Does our Lord Jesus commend the dishonest 
conduct of the steward ? 

In what then does He offer him to us as an in- 
structive example ? 

How may the poor whom we have relieved be 
said to receive us into everlasting habitations ? S. 
Mat. xxv, 40. 

But are our good deeds a ground of our being 
accepted with God? 

How are they valuable? S. Mat. xxv, 40. S. 
John ir, if. .'...:'■... 



THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Ill 

By what power alone, can we use the world with- 
out abusing it, and so, make " friends of the mam- 
mon of unrighteousness ? " 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Lord, teach us faith, meek, child-like faith, 

To take Thee at Thy word : 
" Done to my brethren,' ; thus it saith, 
" Thou dost it to thy Lord : 
Naked, sick, prison-bound are they, 

Clothe, comfort, set them free ; 
My lineaments their griefs portray— 

Thou ministerest to Me. ,; 



LESSON XL. 

The Proper Use of GOD'S House, 
S. Luke xix, 45-48. 

I. 

Whose house did Jesus now enter? 

What did He find there ? 

For what did He say this house was built ? 

For what then are the houses built which we call 
by God's Name ? 

Is God specially present there ? 

Ans. Yes 5 whenever the people are gathered to 
worship Him. 



112 THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 

How then ought we to behave in God's house ? 

Aiis. Remember all the time that God is present 
there with us. 

And at all times how should we treat God's 
house ? 

Ans. With reverence, because it is called by His 
Name and He meets us there. 

What else did Jesus do there besides pray? 

Ans. Teach the people. 

Then when we go to Church to hear, how must 
we behave ? 

Ans. As listeners to God's will. 

II. 

Where was God's Temple situated ? I. Chron. 
xxi, 28. xxii, 1. 

How many times was the Temple built ? 

By whom ? 

What did they sell in the courts of the Temple, 
in the time of our Lord? S. Mat. xxi, 12. 

What other traffic was there carried on ? S. Mat. 
xxi, 12. 

What reason can you suggest for these things 
being done there ? 

What did our Lord do when he came into the 
Temple? Verse 45. 

Had He ever so cleansed the Temple before? 

S. John ii, 15. 

For what purpose did He say men should come 
to God's house ? 

How had these men made the hotise a den of 
thieves ? 



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THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 113 

Has God any house in the world now where He 
has His mercy-seat and is visibly present? 

What does S. Paul say is the Temple of God ? I. 
Cor. iii, 16. 

But though Christians are the Temple of God, is not 
God specially present in the material house called 
by His Name, though we can not see Him ? S. 
Mat. xviii, 20. 

For what purpose then should we go to His 
house ? 

How may we be guilty of buying and selling in 
God's house ? 

For what other purpose did our Lord use the 
Temple ? Verse 48. 

For what then may we properly use His Church ? 

Am. Prayer, praise, and "hearing His Word. 

How must we pray if we would surely be heard? 
See Collect. 

But how alone can we learn His will ? 

What prayer may we speak with certainty that it 
is according to His will ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 



Here in Thy Name, eternal God. 

We build this earthly house for Thee : 
O make it now Thy fixed abode, ~ . ■:•". 

And holy let Thy Temple be. 



Here when Thy people seek Thy face, 
And dying sinners pray to live, 

Hear Thou in Heaven, Thy dwelling-place, 
And when Thou nearest, Lord, forgive. 



114 THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Here when Thy messengers proclaim, 
The blessed Gospel of Thy Son ; 

Still by the power of His great Name, 
Be mighty signs and wonders done. 

Thy glory never hence depart, 
Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone; 

Thy Kingdom come in every heart, 
In every bosom fix Thy throne- 



LESSOR XLL 
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True and False Act3 of Worship. 
S. Luke xviii, 10-14. 

L 

For what purpose did these two men go up to the 
Temple? 

What do you understand by a Pharisee ? 

Ans. A religious teacher. 

What by a Publican ? 

Ans. A man who collected the Roman taxes. 

What did the Pharisee say in his prayer ? 

What did the Publican say? 

Where did the Publican stand ? 

How did he look, .and what did he with his hand ? 

Whose prayer did the Saviour say was answered ? 

How was it answered ? 

Ans. He was justified. 






THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 115 

What do you mean by being justified ? 

Ans. Pardoned and accepted with God. 

Why does Jesus say he was justified rather than 
the Pharisee ? 

Ans. Because he humbled himself. 

How does Jesus teach us that we may be par- 
doned ? 

Ans. By confessing that we are sinners, and by 
praying for God's mercy, for Jesus' sake. 

II. 

Did these men go up to the temple for public 
prayer or private prayer ? 

Is there any special advantage in our going to 
Church to say our private prayers ? 

What reason can you suggest for Churches being 
kept open at all times ? 

What is the difference between private and public 
prayers? S. Mat. xviii, 19, 20. 

What was the characteristic of this Pharisee's 
prayer ? 

Ans. Self-righteousness — he told God how good 
he was. 

Did he desire anything of God ? 

But what is real prayer ? 

W 7 hy then did he receive no blessing ? 

Ans. Because he desired nothing. 

What did the Publican ask for? 

How did he manifest his sincerity* and the reality 
of his desire ? Verse 13. 

Are these particular things mentioned in this verse 
essential, dr merely accidental ? 



116 THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

What is the essential peculiarity of his prayer 
which made it acceptable ? 

Ans. He confessed himself a sinner and asked 
for mercy. 

What then is the first thing necessary to make 
our prayers real, both in public and private ? 

Ans. The knowledge of our need of God's 
blessing. 

What else is necessary ? 

Ans. Belief that God will hear and give for 
Jesus' sake. S. John xvi, 23. 

But what only can we ask for thus in Jesus' 
name ? 

Ans. Those things which are according to His 
will. 

What then must we add to all our prayers, after 
His example ? S. Mat. xxvi, 39. 

Why need not this be added in words to such 
prayer as the Publican's ? S. John iii, 16. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Just as I am, without one plea, 
But that Thy blood was shed for me, 
And that Thou bid'stme come to Thee, 
O Lamb of God, I come. 

Just as I am Thou wilt receive — 
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, 
Because Thy promise I believe : 
O Lamb of God, I come. 



LESSON XLIL 

CHRIST Jiears and Answers our Prayers for Others. 
S. Mark vii, 31-3?. 



What was the trouble of this man who was brought 
to Jesus ? 

Who brought him ? 

Who asked that he might be healed ? 

How did Jesus heal him ? 

What single word did He speak ? 

What language is this word ? 

Arts. Aramaic, the language spoken in Palestine 
at that time. 

Which of the Evangelists gives the very words 
which Jesus spake ? 

Ans. S. Mark. 

Do we know that the sufferer himself believed in 
Jesus ? 

Ans. No. 

After He had healed the man, what charge did 
He give the multitude ? 

Why ? 

What effect did the miracle have on them ? 

If He healed men's bodies when their believing 
friends asked Him, of what may we be sure about 
His healing their souls ? 

What then should we always do for our unbeliev- 
ing friends ? 

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118 THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 
II. 

For what purpose did J esus say that He wrought 
miracles of healing men's bodies ? S. Mark ii, 9, 
10, 11. 

Will then the manner in which His help was then 
obtained teach us how it may now be gotten to heal 
men's souls ? 

Who brought this deaf and dumb man to Jesus ? 

In what part of the country was it ? 

What had been His former experience of the in- 
habitants of this region ? S. Mat. viii, 34. 

Did those who brought the sufferer believe that 
Jesus could heal him ? 

Do we know that the sufferer himself believed ? 

What did they ask ? Verse 32. 

Was their prayer granted in the particular form 
which they expected ? Verse ^^. 

What reason can you suggest for His taking the 
man " aside " and using these particular acts in his 
healing ? 

Was Christ's method of healing always the same ? 
S. John iv, 50. S. Mat. viii, 15. 

In every case, what seems to have been the object 
of the means employed ? 

Ans. To connect the cure with Himself, and 
show that it proceeded from Him. 

May we then limit the operation of Christ's 
Spirit in healing men's souls to any particular 
method ? 

May we expect that all sinners will have just the 
same experience in being healed ? 



THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 119 

May we expect answers to our prayers for spiritual 
blessings upon the unbelieving ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

O mighty is the power of prayer, 
The promise large and true : 

The feeblest heart need not despair 
With these to bear it through. 

Therefore pray always ; never faint, 
Nor deem unheard your cry ; 

The feeblest prayer of feeblest sainfc 
Brings answers from on high. 



LESSOR XLIIL 

The Peculiar Privilege of CHRIST'S Disciples. 

S. Luke x, 23, 24. 

I. 

Whom does Jesus here declare blessed ? 
What do you mean by " being blessed? " 
Ans. Being offered the favor of God. 
What do you mean by " disciples ? " 
A?is. Learners. 

Why, does He say, are His disciples blessed ? 
"What had they alone been permitted to see ? 
Ans, God manifest in the flesh. 



120 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

What things had they alone been permitted to 
hear? 

Ans. That the blood of Jesus cleanseth from all 
sin, and that whosoever believeth in Him shall be 
saved. 

Who, does Christ say, had longed to see and 
hear these things? , _ 

If they all died without seeing or hearing of 
Christ, could they be saved ? 

Ans. Yes. 

How were they saved ? 

Ans. By the blood of Jesus, for they trusted in 
God's mercy to provide a way of salvation, though 
they died not knowing wmat it was. 

Are we blessed now even as the disciples who saw 
and heard the Lord ? 

A?is. • Yes, for we may see and hear Him in His 
Word and Sacraments. 

But will it profit us merely to see and hear Him 
thus? 

Ans. No, we must believe in Him with the heart 
if we would be saved by Him. 

How alone may we know that we do this ? 

Ans. By keeping His commandments. 



II. 



What is the difference in meaning between 
" blessed" and "happy?" | 

Until the coming of Christ, who were the people 
blessed of God? Ps. xxxiii, 12. Rom. iii, 1, 2. 

What made their peculiar blessing ? Rom. ix, 4, 5. 



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But chosen of God and thus privileged to know 
Him were they necessarily saved? Rom. ii, 13, 23, 
24, 25. 

How is this illustrated by the dealing of God with 
the Israelites brought out of Egypt? I. Cor. x, 5. 

When the Messiah came, for Whom they had been 
taught to look, did His people receive Him ? S. 
John i, 11. 

What then must we understand by the blessing of 
God, a privilege to be improved or a favor not to be 
resisted ? 

What is the peculiar privilege of the Christian de- 
clared in the text? Hebrews i, 1, 2. 

Had the prophets understood wfrat they foretold ? 
I S. Peter i, 10. 

Is this blessing here offered, confined to those 
who saw and heard Jesus Christ on earth? S. 
John xx, 29. 

Is ours the same privilege as theirs ? 

Wherein is it a higher privilege than theirs ? 

How alone may this privilege of knowing God in 
Christ be made a good and not an evil ? S. Mat. 
vii, 21, 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

How happy are our ears, 
That hear this joyful sound, 

Which kings and prophets waited for, 
And sought but never found! 

How blessed are our eyes, 

That see this heavenly light ! 
Prophets and kings desired it long, 
But died without the sight. 



122 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

The Lord makes bare His arm, 

Through all the earth abroad, 
Let every nation now behold, 

Their Saviour and their God ! 



LESSON XLIV. 

Faithful Obedience the Means of Obtaining CHRIST* S Help. 

S. Luke xvii, 11-14. 

L 

To what place was Jesus journeying ? 

In what way did He make His journey? 

Who met Him ? 

What do you understand by a " leper " ? Leviti- 
cus xiii. 

Could any man make a leper whole ? 

Did he go to the Priest to be cleansed? 

Ans. No, only when he believed himself clean, 
that the Priest might declare it to the people. 

Why then did these men turn at once to go, when 
bidden by our Lord ? 

Ans. Because they believed that He could and 
would heal them. 

Can any man cleanse us of our sin ? 

By whom alone can our sin be forgiven and we 
made clean ? 






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What means does He command us to use ? 

Ans. To confess Him before men. 

What must we believe ? 

Ans. That He will make us clean. 

What is all that the minister of the Church does ? 

Ans. He declares that we have confessed our sin 
and our faith, and therefore that Jesus has fulfilled 
His promise and pardoned our sin. 

II. 

Why did these ten men stand afar off? Leviti- 
cus xiii, 46. 

What was the appearance and behavior of a leper ? 
Leviticus xiii, 45. 

What did they say to the Lord Jesus ? 

What did their petition prove that they believed ? 

What was His answer ? 

But what lepers only, were sent to the Priest? 
Leviticus xiv, 3, 4. 

What then must these lepers have believed to 
make them go ? 

By what means then was their cleansing obtained ? 

Ans. Believing obedience. 

Did the Hebrews believe that leprosy was curable 
by man ? II. Kings v, 6, 7. 

Of what does Christ say that power to cleanse 
the leper is proof? S. Mat. xi, 5. 

Of what was leprosy the visible sign and symbol ? 

Ans. Sin. 

In what particular did it resemble it ? 

Ans. It was incurable by man ; it filled every 
part of the being ; and it excluded from the assembly 
of God's people. 



124 THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

How alone may sin be cleansed ? IS. John i, 7. 

By what means alone may this healing power be 
applied ? 

Ans. By believing obedience of Christ's com- 
mands. 
* What is His commandment to all men ? Acts ii, 

'38. 

Would going to the Priest have cleansed the leper 
except he had believed heartily in Him who had sent 
Him? 

Will baptism then profit us for remission of sin 
except we heartily believe in JeSus ? 

But may we dare dispense with baptism, the 
means of grace, if we do believe ? S. John hi, 5. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day, 

Weary of earth and laden with my sin, 
I look at Heaven and long to enter in ; 
But there no evil thing may find a home, 
And yet I hear a voice that bids me ' l Come." 

It is the voice of Jesus that I hear, 

His are the hands stretched out to draw me near, 

And Hi3 the blood that can for all atone, 

And set me faultless there, before the throne. 



LESSON XLV. 

GOD demands the whole heart, and will not accept a divided one. 
S. Mat. vi, 24. 



Who spake these words ? 

Of what long discourse do they form a part ? 

To whom was He talking, and in what place ? 

What disposition had He noticed in the religious 
people of His nation ? 

Is this same disposition found in men now ? 

Does Goi) desire our prayers and praises except 
we give Him our heart ? 

Can we deceive Him by appearing to serve Him 
when we are really seeking the reward of the world ? 

What is Mammon ? 

Ans. Anything which claims the service of our 
minds and hearts, which is due to God. 

May we not then seek for riches and honor and 
pleasure ? 

Arts. Yes, but only after we seek first our Father 
in Heaven, and only according to His will. 

Will Mammon be the same to all persons ? 

Ans. No. Satan will put on that appearance 
which will tempt us most 

: How then can webesurc we are servants of God ? 
. Ans_. . First w£ .must have an honest purpose to 
be such, cost what it may; and then we must be 
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126 THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

diligent in prayer and study of Scripture, that we 
may know what our Mammon is and be strong to 
resist his demands. 



II. 



What is the exact meaning of the word here 
translated " serve ? " 

Ans. To be the slave of. 

Why does Jesus say that this entire service can- 
not be given to more than one ? 

Is this statement true in reference to all real 
service ? 

Mention instances, if you can. 

What particular case does our Lord then specify ? 

What is the claim of service which God makes ? 
Deut. vi, 5. S. Mat. xxii, 37. 

Can we conceive of God's making any less de- 
mand than this ? 

What do you mean by " Mammon ? " 

What is the demand which Mammon makes of 
men ? S. Mat. iv, 8, 9. 

In what way can we worship Mammon ? 

Ans. By giving mind, or heart, or soul, or strength 
to obtain his rewards. 

What examples does our Lord give in this chap- 
ter of Mammon worship ? 

Is it then wrong for us to take care for food and 
raiment for ourselves and our families ? 

Ans. Over-anxious thought is wrong, for to give 
it is distrust of our Master, and so to serve His 
enemy. 



THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 127 

What full promise does Jesus give His people 
about their worldly welfare ? S. Mat. vi, 31,32, 33. 

But what only may we expect from this promise ? 

Ans. That we shall have what our Father sees 
to be good for us. 

If we are really striving to serve Christ, shall we 
murmur that we have not the gifts of Mammon? 
II. Cor. iv, 17. 

Has a Christian the right to expect the honors, 
riches and pleasures of this world? S. John xvi, 

33- 

What is the present reward of serving Christ? 

Rom. v, 1, 2. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Jesus, I my cross have taken, 

All to leave and follow Thee ; 
Destitute, despised, forsaken, 

Thou from hence my all shalt be. 
Perish every fond ambition, 

All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; 
Yet how rich is my condition — 

God and Heav'n are still my own. 



LESSON XL VI. 

JESUS the Conqueror of Death. 
S. Luke vii, 11-16. 



-To what place did Jesus go, and who were with 
Him? 

What did He meet at the gate of the city ? 

Who was the dead man ? 

Who followed the corpse ? 

To what place were they bearing it ? 

What were the first words which Jesus spake? 

What did He then do and say ? 

What was the result ? 

May we hope to meet Him as we carry our dead 
loved ones to burial ? 

Ans. Yes, if we believe in Him ? 

What will He say to us ? 

Ans. Weep not. 

Why does He say we must not weep ? 

Ans. Because all who believe in Him shall be 
reunited in another life. 

II. 

Had any man raised the dead before the coming 
of Christ? I Kings xvii, 22, 23. II Kings iv, 

32-35- 

In these cases what was the action of the Prophet 

before performing the miracle ? 

Mb 



THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 1211 

Do you find any similar action in Christ's be- 
haviour ? 

But did the working of this miracle prove that 
Jesus is God ? 

What did His miracles prove? S. John x, 37, 38. 

Of what did He offer them as a proof ? S. Mat. 

xi, 4, 5- 

Why then do we believe Him, God? 

Ans. Because He claimed to be. 

What did He declare about His power to raise the 
dead ? S. John vi, 39, 40. 

Has any other teacher given man a good hope of 
resurrection from the dead ? 

If Jesus be not true, what is man's condition ? I 
Cor. xv, 17, 18. 

Does He say that all the dead shall be raised 
again? S, John v, 28. 

Shall all be blessed in their resurrection? S. 
John v, 29. 

What does He say shall determine the eternal 
condition of the risen again? S. Mat. xxv, 31-46. 

But does S. Paul say that we are saved in eternal 
life by our works ? 

Ans, No, by faith. 

What then is faith in Christ? 

Ans. Such surrender of ourselves to Him as pro- 
duces such works of devotion as He has named. S 1 
James ii, 17, 18, 19. 

To whom does Jesus now say "weep not." I 
Thes. iv, 13. 

What is the precious hope which He alone has 
brought to light? I. Thes. iv, 14. 
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130 THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Thou art gone to the grave but we will not deplore thee * 
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb. 
The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, 
And the lamp of His love is thy guide through the gloom. 

Thou art gone to the grzvtj but r twere wrong to deplore thee. 
When God was thy ransom, thy guardian, and guide ; 
He gave thee r and took thee, and soon will restore thee, 
Where death has no sting r since the Saviour has died* 



LESSOR XLYIL 

Advancement the Reward of Humility. 
S. Luke xiv, 7-11. 

I. 

What do these verses make up ? 

Ans. A Parable. 

What is a Parable ? 

Ans. A picture in words, or a story to make us 
better understand some truth. 

What is the truth which Jesus would here teach ? 

Ans. That humility will be rewarded by being 
advanced. 

What did He see which made Him speak this Par- 
able? 

If a man takes the highest room at a feast what 
' 3es this show ? 



THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 131 

Ans. That he thinks there is no one coming bet- 
ter or more worthy than himself ? 

What does our Lord say may happen to such an 
one? 

And then what feeling must the proud man have 
is going down lower ? 

What does the Lord advise us to do ? 

Will there be pain in taking the lowest place at 
first? 

Ans. Not unless we proudly think we are worthy 
of a higher. 

When the host sees us in the lowest place, what 
only can he say ? 

What shall we receive then as the reward of our 
humility ? 

What does " worship " mean here ? 

A?is. Reverence. 

Is not this true everywhere, in school, and at play, 
as well as at a feast ? 

What does the catechism say is our duty to our 
neighbor ? 

II. 

Is humility always rewarded in this world ? 

Though men may fail to reward it, is there not a 
reward to the humble even here ? S. Mat. v, 3. 

But because humility is in general rewarded by 
men, must we not expect to see it's counterfeit ? 

Can you give any examples of sham humility ? 

Can false humility expect the great reward which 
is promised to the true ? 

Why not ? 



132 THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

In what other parable is it taught clearly that God 
will surely reward the humble ? S. Luke xviii, 9-14. 

Whom is each one of us ready to worship instead 
of our God ? 

Ans. Self. S. Luke xviii, 11. 

But how will the humble man regard himself? 
S. Luke xviii, 13. 

Though only when a man is convinced of his own 
unworthiness, what help may he expect? S. Mark 
ii, 17. 

Of what then is real humility a proof ? S. James 
iv, 6. 

And God's grace rightly used, gives what assur- 
ance ? Titus ii, 11. 

How alone may we attain this virtue of humility, 
to which grace is promised ? 

Ans. By prayerful effort. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

O ! what if we are Christ's 
Is earthly shame or loss 1 

Bright shall the crown of glory be 
When we have borne the cross. 

Enough if He at last, 

The word of blessing give 

And let us rest beneath His feet 
Where saints and angels live. 



LESSON XLYIII. 

CHRIST'S Argument to prove His Divinity. 
S. Mat. xxii, 41-46. 

I. 

Who were gathered together on this occasion ? 

What did Jesus ask them ? 

Ans. What sort of person they expected Christ 
to be when He came. 

What did they say they expected ? 

A?is. A mere man — King David's son. 

Why ought they to have known better than this ? 

Ans. Because God had taught them in the Bible, 
which they said they knew. 

Is it only in this one Psalm that the Bible says 
Christ, when He comes, shall be the Lord ? 

What great names is He called by in Isaiah ix, 

6 )7 . 

Why do we believe that Jesus is the Christ Whom 
God had promised to send ? 

Ans. Because He had all the marks which God 
had foretold. 

Can you mention some of them ? 

Whose Son do we believe that He was ? 

But was He only Mary's Son ? 

Ans. No ; for Mary, taught by the Holy Spirit, 
called Him Lord. 

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134 THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 
II. 

What had the Pharisees been trying to do ? S. 
Mat. xxii, 15. 

With whom had they joined themselves for this 
purpose? S. Mat. xxii, 16. 

What does this combination teach us of their feel- 
ings toward Jesus ? 

What was the special boast of the Pharisees ? 

Ans. Knowledge of their Scriptures. 

For what purpose had these Scriptures been given? 

Ans. To foretell the coming of Christ, and de- 
scribe what Pie should be. 

Did Jesus mean by His question, " What think ye 
of Me," or " What is your idea of what Christ 
shall be when He comes ? " 

Was their answer true? Ps. cxxxii, 11. Jer. 
xxiii, 5. 

What response did our Lord make to this ? 

Where is this promise to Christ v/ritten ? Ps. 
ex, 1. 

UnderWhose guidance was this Psalm written ? 

Could the Holy Ghost teach David thus to call 
Lord, a mere man — his own son ? 

What was the effect of this question of our Lord ? 

Since that day, has the Jew ever asked Him any 
more questions ? 

What do the Pharisees, the self-called learned of 
our day, say that they think of the Christ who has 
come ? 

Ans* That He was the son of Mary. 

How may we apply our Lord's answer to them ? 
S. Luke i, 46, 47. 



«**HE £IGHTESN1H fe.TJ^J\U .vPT^R TRINITY, 135 

Du what does this argument depend for its force? 
Ix Tim. iii, 16, 

Can we deny the Divinity of Jesus without giving 
up the infallible truth of the Bible ? 



Ilepeaf the Collect for the Day. 

If asked what of Jesus I think, 

If He graciously give me the power, 
I'll say He's my meat and my drink, 

My life and my strength and my store ; 
My Shepherd, my Guardian, my Friend, 

My Saviour from sin and from thrall, 
My Hope from beginning to end, 

My Portion, my Lord, and my All. 



LESSON XLIX. 

Sin Forsaken the Proof of Sin Forgiven. 

S. Mat. ix, 1-7. 



To what place did the Lord now come ? 

Whom did they bring to Him ? 

How was he brought ? 

What did the Lord say to him ? 

Did any one present make answer to Him ? 

What did Jesus then ask them ? 



13G THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

How could He know what they were thinking ? 

What did Jesus then say to them ? 

What did He say to the sick man ? 

What was the result ? 

What does Christ here say was the object of His 
miracles ? 

Ans. To prove that He was true and could do 
what He claimed ; that is, forgive sins. 

But we cannot see Him perform miracles on 
men's bodies ; how then can we believe that He 
can forgive sin ? 

Ans. We have the Bible account of those He 
performed when on earth. 

But do we not see Him now perform miracles ? 

Ans. Yes ; He makes sick and palsied souls 
well and strong. 

What proof then does He offer us that He can 
and does forgive sin ? 

Ans. He enables us to forsake sin and to keep 
His commandments. 

II. 

In what country had Jesus been of late ? S. 
Mat. viii, 28. 

What sea did He cross to reach the place where 
we now see Him ? 

Why is Capernaum called " His own city ? " S. 
Mat. iv, 13. 

What peculiar circumstances in this case prove the 
great faith of those who brought the sick man ? S. 
Mark ii, 4. 

Who were among the lookers-on at this time ? S. 
Luke v, 17. 



THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 137 

What reason is given for our Lord's speech to 
the sick man ? S. Mat. ix, 2. 

Whose faith must we understand that He saw ? 

What other instance in this interview of Christ's 
power to read the heart ? 

To whom alone in the Bible is this power ascribed ? 
Ps. cxxxix, 2. 

What other evidence did He offer of His power 
to forgive sin ? 

Which is easier to forgive us, a sin, or to deliver 
us from the power of it so that we shall forsake it ? 

Is not the pardon included in the deliverance ? 

What different witnesses do men depend upon to 
be assured that they are forgiven ? 

Ans. Some on the word of a Priest, others on 
the feelings of their own hearts. 

What witness does Christ tell us to examine ? 

Ans. Our daily life : if we are forsaking sin we 
are forgiven sin. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Loving Jesus ! dearest treasure, 

Whose love to man no man can measure, 

Conform me to Thine image bright j 
Thy Spirit and Thy strength bestowing, 
That I, in every virtue growing, 

May reach in Thee perfection's height. 
Lord, give me from above 
A heart all filled with love 
To God and man ; 
Oh, teach Thou me to live for Thee, 
That I may live and reign with Thee. 



LESSOR L. 

The Wedding Garment. 

S. Mat. xxii, 11-14. 

I. 

Of what do these verses make a part? 

Ans. The Parable cf the Marriage of the King's 
Son. 

What is a Parable ? 

What truth is this picture designed to teach us? 

A?is. The dealing of God with men now, and at 
the end of the world. 

Who is the King ? 

Nho is the King's Son ? 

When shall the wedding feast be ? 

When are men bidden to come ? 

Who are the servants sent to call men ? 

When all are assembled who shall come in? 

What shall He see ? 

What shall He say to the discovered offender ? 

What Commandment shall He give to Iiis ser- 
vants ? 

Who are these servants ? 

Why is the man driven away? 

How could He have gotten the wedding garment ? 

What must we understand by the wedding garment 
without which we may not sit down at the feast 
of heaven ? 

Ans. The Lord Jesus Himself. 

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THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 139 

How may we put on Christ? 
Ans. By being baptized in His Name, and faith- 
ful endeavor to keep His commandments. 

II. 

What other Parable is very similar to this one ? 
S. Luke xiv, 16-21. 

Can you state any points of difference ? 

What is the peculiar feature of this one ? 

How might a poor guest be expected to have the 
wedding garment suitable to wear? Gen. xlv, 22. 

How was his lack of it discovered? 

What does this teach us of the nature of our God 
and the character of His judgment ? (a) Heb. iv, 
13. (b) Rom. xiv, 12. 

By what ancient prophecy was this language about 
the wedding garment probably suggested ? Zeph. 

h 7, 8. 

What are we taught by S. John of the time of this 
wedding feast ? Rev. xix, 7. 

What Commandment is always spoken by the ser- 
vants who now call men to the wedding feast ? Rom. 
xiii, 14. 

How, does S. Paul say, have we who are Christians 
put on Christ? Gal. iii, 27. 

But does S. Paul mean to say that the act of bap- 
tism will secure our being found clothed in Christ 
in that day? Eph. iv, 22, 23, 24. 

How are we joined to Christ and so clothed with 
the wedding garment? S. Mark xvi, 16. 

Looking at what S. Paul writes to the Ephesians, 
what must we understand by " believeth " in S. Mark 
xvi, 16? 



140 Tttrf TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER X^ IN ITY. 

Ans. Makes such self-surrender to Jesus Christ 
as leads to renunciation of all evil, and constant 
effort to keep God's commandments. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Jesus Thy blood and righteousness, 
My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 
'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, 
With joy shall I lift up my head. 

When from the dust of earth I rise 
To claim my mansion in the skies, 
E'en then shall this be all my plea, 
" Jesus hath lived, hath died for me." 






LESSON LI. 

The Christian's Armour. 
EPHES. vi, 13-18. 



Why, does the Church say, are we signed with the 
cross in baptism ? See Baptismal Office. 

What do you understand by " in token ?" 

If we are Christ's soldiers what must we expect 
to do ? ■ .. . 

Against whom are we to fight ? 

How long are we pledged to fight ? 

If we are to fight of what do we have need ? 



THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 1 !-l 

Ans. Armour. 

Of what two kinds was the Roman armour com- 
posed ? 

Ans. Defensive to protect from the enemy, and 
offensive to injure him. 

Did the old time soldier make his own armour ? 

Who gave it to him ? 

Who gives the soldier his weapons now-a-days ? 

How then does a Christian soldier get his armour ? 

What does St. Paul here say is the chief piece of 
armour to protect us ? 

Ans. The shield of faith. 

What does He mean by that? 

Ans. That while we are really trusting in Jesus, 
no harm can befall us. 

What is the only weapon which we may use against 
the enemy ? 

Ans. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word 
of God. 

How only can this armour be kept bright and 
strong ? 

Ans. By prayer and study of God's word. 

II. 

Why, does S. Paul say, must we put on the armour 
of God? Vs. n. 

Why does He call it " the armour of God ? " 

If our only enemies were men would we need all 
this armour? Vs. 12. 

How does he describe our adversaries? Vs. 12. 

What does He mean by the evil day ? 



142 THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

After what pattern is the Christian armour fash- 
ioned, as here described ? 

Where was S. Paul when he wrote this Epistle ? 

What does he say is the Christian's girdle? 
Vs. 14. 

What does " truth " here mean ? 

Ans. Sincerity, truthfulness. 

What important office did the girdle perform in 
the Roman armour? 

Ans. It held all the rest together. 

What does this teach us of the necessity of -truth- 
fulness ? 

What was a breast-plate. 

What is the Christian's breast-plate? Vs. 14. 

What do you here understand by " righteousness ?" 
Rom. vi, 13. 

What do you understand from Vs. 15? 

Ans. The Christian's readiness to go any whither, 
because He believes the Gospel which brings peace. 

But what above all is the Christian's defence? 
Vs. 16. 

How large was the shield of the Romans ? 

What is the Christian's helmet? Vs. 17 ; com- 
pare i. Thes. v, 8. 

What is the only weapon of offence? Vs. 17. 

Where is the Christian shown how to use the 
shield and the sword? S. Mat. iv, 1-12. 

But will armour and weapons avail for victory 
without effort ? Vs. 18. 

And what must characterize our efforts ? 



THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 143 

Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Arm us r Thy soldiers, mighty Lord, 
With shield of faith and spirit's sword; 
Forth to the battle may we go 
And boldly fight against the foe, 
With banner of the Cross ur.fuiTd 
And by it overcome the world ; 
And so at last receive from Thee 
The palm and crown of victory. 



LESSON LIL 

The Christian Law of Forgiveness. 
S. Mat. xviii, 21, 22. 

I. 

What do you mean by "forgiveness? " 

Had Jews been taught by their teachers to forgive 
their enemies ? 

Who asked this question of our Lord ? 

Was he a Jew? 

What then had he been brought up to believe 
about forgiveness ? 

Had the Rabbis — the Jewish teachers — fixed 
any number of times for forgiving a brother who 
repented ? 

Ans. Yes ; three times. 



144 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

But Christ had always been so merciful that S. 
Peter expected He would add to this number • and 
accordingly, what did he ask Jesus to do? 

Ans. To fix a set number of times. 

What did Jesus answer ? 

What did He mean by this ? 

Ans. He meant that we must forgive just as 
often as our offending brother repents. 

Does He say we must forgive at all, one who 
does not repent ? 

Ans. No. 

Does God forgive the impenitent? 

What do you mean by " repent ? " 

How often does God forgive the man who repents ? 

Why then must we always forgive one who re- 
pents ? 

. Ans. Because if we are Christians we must be 
trying to be like God. 



II 



What gave occasion for this question and answer? 
S. Mark ix, 33 , 34. 

How was this dispute settled ? S. Mat. xviii, 1, 

When the dispute had been settled, what rule did 
He give them for the settlement of all such ques- 
tions ? S. Mat. xviii, 15-17. 

What event in S. Peter's after life would lead us 
to expect him to ask this question? Galatians ii, 
11, 12. _., 

What was the peculiarity of S. Peter's Christian 
character ? 



THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 145 

Ans. He clung to the Jewish system of rules 
and ordinances. 

How is this shown in the question he asks ? 

Ans. By his specifying the number of times, and 
so asking Jesus to give a rule and not a principle. 

What is the difference between a rule and a prin- 
ciple ? 

How, possibly, was the number seven suggested 
to his mind ? 

How often must a Jew forgive, as taught by their 
Rabbis ? 

Ans. Three times. 

Did Christ mean by His answer to specify any 
number of times that we must forgive a penitent 
brother ? 

How do you explain the form of His reply? 

What did He mean ? S. Mat. v, 48. 

How forgiving is our Father in Heaven? Ex. 
xxxiv, 7. 

What is the only limit to God's forgiveness ? 
Acts iii, 19. 

What then must be the only limit of our forgive- 
ness ? 

If we set up any other limit in our dealings with 
our brethren, what may we expect from God ? S. 
f«UKE xi, 4. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Behold, where, in a mortal form 
Appears each grace divine ; 

The virtues, all in Jesus met, 
With mildest radiance shine. 



146 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

'Mid keen reproach and cruel scorn, 

Patient and meek He stood ; 
His foes ungrateful sought His life — 
He laboured for their good. 

Be Christ our pattern and our guide, 

His image may we bear ; 
Oh, may we tread His holy steps, 

His joy and glory share. 



LESSON LIIL 
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Service of CHRIST does not interfere with Service of Earthly 
Rulers. 

S. Mat. xxii r 15-21. 

L 

Whom did the Pharisees now send to Jesus ? 

What was their object in sending them ? 

With what sort of speech did they begin the con- 
versation ? 

Ans. With a compliment. 

What did they then ask Him ? 

Suppose He said it was lawful to pay tribute to 
Caesar, what would follow? 

Ans* The Hebrews would reject Him as being 
the friend of their tyrant. 

Suppose He said it was not lawful to pay tribute 
to Ca&sar, what would follow ? . 



THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 147 

Ans. The Roman officers would arrest Him as 
the enemy of their Master. 

What did He answer ? 

What do you understand by tribute 1 

What do you understand by " image and super- 
scription " ? 

What did He finally say ? 

What does He mean by these words ? 

Ans. That we must as Christians pay duty to the 
government under which we live, though it may not 
be a Christian Government. 

II. 

Who were the Herodians ? 

What was the special meaning of the Pharisees 
and the Herodians being joined to ask this ques- 
tion ? 

What did Our Lord perceive to be the motive of 
the question ? Verse 18. 

What was their wickedness? Verse 15. 

What coin was it that they brought to Him ? 

Whose head and name were graven on it? 

What did this prove ? 

Ans. That the Hebrews were under Roman 
government, using Roman coins. 

And if we live under and are protected by a gov- 
ernment, what does Christ then teach to be our 
duty to that government? 

No matter how much we dislike our rulers, by 
whom are they appointed ?- Rom. xiii, 1. 

Is there no limit to the Christian's duty to his 
government? 



148 THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

May the Church ever claim the allegiance that 
men owe to their earthly rulers? S. John xviii, 36. 

On the other hand may any government rightly 
undertake the government of the Church ? 

What does Jesus here teach about the relations of 
the Church and the State ? 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

King of Kings, and wilt Thou deign 
O'er this wayward heart to reign ! 
Henceforth take it for Thy throne, 
Rule here, Lord, and rule alone. 



LESSON LIV. 
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AH Things Possible to Faith. 
S. Mark v, 25-34. 



Whither was Jesus now going? 

For what purpose was He going ? 

Who were with Him ? 

How long had the woman been ill ? 

What effort had she made to be healed ? 

What did she now do ? 

Why did she touch Him? 

What result followed her touching His garment? 



THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 149 

Did Jesus know that He had healed her? 

What did He say ? 

What did His disciples answer ? 

Who answered His question? 

What did our Lord then say to her? 

Suppose she had only believed that touching 
would cure her, and yet had not touched Him ; 
would she have been healed ? 

Suppose we only believe that Jesus can save us 
if we touch Him, and yet never touch Him ; will it 
profit us ? 

How can we touch Him ? 

Ans. By saying in our hearts, " Lord, I give my- 
self to Thee, save me ; " then confessing Him before 
men and striving always to obey and serve Him. 

If we do this, what shall we hear Him say that 
He said to this woman ? 

II. 

Of what is this woman's ailment a sign and 
symbol ? 

Ans. Of mankind's sinful state. 

Have we tried physicians to be cured ? 

What physicians can you tell to whom men go to 
be healed of sin? 

W r as ever any man so cured? Galatians ii, 16. 
Rom. vii, 24. 

Who alone can save us from the death which sin 
certainly brings ? Acts iv, 12. 

But how alone can we be saved by Jesus Christ? 

What do you mean by faith in Jesus Christ? 



150 THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

Ans. Self-surrender to Him, because we believe 
that we are helpless and that He can and will save. 

Must this faith not find some outward and visible 
expression? S. Mat. x, 32. 

How has He commanded our faith to express 
itself? S. Mark xvi, 16. 

What are we made in baptism ? 

But are we thus made members of Christ by the 
mere act of baptism? I S. Peter iii, 21. 

How alone may we be sure that our faith is touch- 
z'ngthe hem of His garment? I S. John iv, 13. 

But how may we know that we have His Spirit ? 
Galatians v, 22, 23, 24. 



Repeat the Colled for the Day. 

She who, to touch Thee, in the press, 
Trembling behind Thee stole. 

Was answer'd, " Daughter, go in peace; 
Thy faith hath made thee whole." 

Like her, with hope and fear we pray 

To hear the gracious word ; 
O give us faith, nor send away 

Our soul unheal' d, dear Lord. 



LESSON LV. 

The Faith which should Result from the Year's Teaching. 
S. John vi, 14. 

I. 

What Sunday is this ? 

Have we learned of this miracle before ? 

Why does the Church appoint it for the Gospel on 
the last Sunday in her year? 

Ans. Because it is a picture of the whole year's 
teaching. 

What does she teach us, year after year? 

Ans. The Birth, Life, Death, and Resurrection of 
Jesus, with the doctrines that He taught. 

How is this like the feeding of the multitude ? 

Ans. It is the food which God has given for the 
multitude of mankind. 

For what food is man's spiritual nature hungry? 

Ans. The favor of God. 

Does man try to obtain it from other quarters ? 

Ans. Yes, he would go away like these men to 
get it. 

Can we find it anywhere but in Jesus' hands ? 

What does Jesus say is the bread of the word ? 

Ans. His flesh. 

What does He mean by this ? 

Ans. That His death secures our pardon and 
God's favor. 



152 THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

But will bread satisfy our hunger unless we eat it ? 

How can we feed on the flesh of Jesus ? 

Ans. By believing that God pardons us for His 
sake, and striving to keep His commandments. 

Now that the year is ended, think what food you 
have taken from this feast of truth, which satisfies 
your soul. 

II. 

For what Prophet were the people all now looking ? 
Gen. xlix, 10. Deut. xviii, 15. 

Had they once already before supposed that he 
had come? S. John i, 19-23. 

Why had they taken John to be the Christ ? S. 
John i, 25. 

What was John's answer? S. John i, 21. 

Why did they now believe Jesus to be the Prophet ? 

Of what was that miraculous feast but a sign ? 

What miracle has been exhibited to us during the 
past year, supplying spiritual food ? 

Ans. The Incarnation of God; The Life and 
death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

By what signs should Christ when He came, be 
known ? 

Tell prophecies of time, place, family and peculiar 
circumstances of His birth ? 

How did He prove to His hearers that He was 
true and worthy to be received as a messenger from 
God? 

Ans. 1. His miracles. 2. His words. 3. His 
life. 



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THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 153 

Thus proven to be true, what did He say was the 
purpose of His coming? S. John iii, 16, 17. 

What did He foretell of the means by which He 
would save mankind ? S. John vi, 51. xii, 32. 

What did He foretell of events after His death? 
S. Mat. xx, 18, 19. 

What gift did He promise which should make His 
redemption effectual for all men in all time? S. 
John xvi, 13, 14. 

All this miracle has been shown us in every part 
in the year past ; what effect should it have ? S. John 
vi, 14, 15. 

May we say that we have not evidence enough to 
enable us to believe ? S. Luke xvi, 31. 

May we say that we have not been urged by the 
Church, and by the Holy Ghost ? 

Except we be striving to live as Christ's followers 
what is the only reminder which this ending of the 
year can bring? Jeremiah viii, 20. 



Repeat the Collect for the Day. 

Oh ! how wondrous is the story, 
Of our blest Redeemer's birth ! 

Lo ! the mighty Lord of glory, 
Leaves His Heaven to visit earth. 

Hear with transport, every creature, — 
Hear the Gospel's joyful sound : 

Chr>3T appears in human nature, 
In our sinful world is found. 

Now our Saviour is ascended, 
Now He looks with pity down ; 

Trust Him, all will soon be mended ; 
Bear His cross, you'll share His crown. 

7* 



NOTE. 

If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the 
Lessons for some of those Sundays, that were omitted after the 
Epiphany, shall be taken in to supply so many as are here 
wanting; Provided that this last Lesson (Number LV.,) shall 
always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. 



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